East Liverpool, Ohio, 1,949 students in 6 schools

East Liverpool City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does East Liverpool get?

About 14.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near East Liverpool?

7 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2018 to 2019, with 25.1 inches.

Q: Does East Liverpool get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

East Liverpool averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 50 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the East Liverpool snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for East Liverpool through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against East Liverpool’s own big snow morning: 3.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in East Liverpool, measured against East Liverpool's own big snow morning of 3.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will East Liverpool close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in East Liverpool.

Ten winters of school mornings

East Liverpool’s snow record

14.5inches of snow a winter

2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

3.4 ina big snow morning in East Liverpool: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 50% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

0.5Nov

3.6Dec

5.4Jan

3.5Feb

1.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 25.1 in
6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
1 in mornings 3.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

The Ohio rule

How Ohio counts a lost day

Ohio requires hours, not days: 910 hours for full day kindergarten through grade 6, 1,001 hours for grades 7 to 12, 455 for half day kindergarten. Only hours that drop a school below the state minimum must be made up, by extending the school year.

The Ohio rules in the agency’s own words, and every Ohio district

Next door

Districts near East Liverpool

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Beaver Local School DistrictEast Liverpool	14.5 in	0.7
Edison Local School DistrictHammondsville	14.5 in	0.7
Crestview Local School DistrictColumbiana	20.4 in	1.4
Steubenville City School DistrictSteubenville	15 in	0.4
Indian Creek Local School DistrictWintersville	15 in	0.4
Columbiana Exempted Village School DistrictColumbiana	24.7 in	0.8

The schools

6 schools

Every school in East Liverpool follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

East Liverpool High School

Middle

East Liverpool Junior High
Westgate Middle School

Elementary

North Elementary School
Lacroft Elementary School

Other schools

Preschool at Westgate Middle School

Questions

East Liverpool snow day questions

How much snow does East Liverpool get?

What was the biggest snow day near East Liverpool?

Does East Liverpool get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the East Liverpool snow day predictor work?

How does Ohio handle snow days?

More winter

More for Ohio snow days

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A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle — The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.