Fort Recovery, Ohio, 1,019 students in 3 schools

Fort Recovery Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fort Recovery get?

About 10.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.5 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Fort Recovery?

5 inches on March 21, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.5 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 19.2 inches.

Q: Does Fort Recovery get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

Fort Recovery averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 61 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Fort Recovery snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fort Recovery 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 Fort Recovery’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Fort Recovery, measured against Fort Recovery's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Fort Recovery close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Fort Recovery.

Ten winters of school mornings

Fort Recovery’s snow record

10.7inches of snow a winter

1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Fort Recovery: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 61% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

0.5Nov

1.8Dec

3.6Jan

3.8Feb

0.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 5 in on March 21, 2018
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 19.2 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 2.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.5 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 Fort Recovery

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
St. Henry Consolidated Local School DistrictSaint Henry	10.7 in	0.8
Coldwater Exempted Village School DistrictColdwater	10.7 in	0.8
Celina City School DistrictCelina	16 in	0.6
Versailles Exempted Village School DistrictVersailles	18.2 in	0.6
Greenville City School DistrictGreenville	18.2 in	0.6
St. Marys City School DistrictSaint Marys	15.1 in	0.4

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Fort Recovery High School

Middle

Fort Recovery Middle School

Elementary

Fort Recovery Elementary School

Questions

Fort Recovery snow day questions

How much snow does Fort Recovery get?

What was the biggest snow day near Fort Recovery?

Does Fort Recovery get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Fort Recovery snow day predictor work?

How does Ohio handle snow days?

More winter

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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.