Gahanna, Ohio, 8,121 students in 12 schools

Gahanna-Jefferson City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Gahanna-Jefferson?

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Gahanna get?

About 19.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Gahanna-Jefferson?

11.9 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 33.9 inches.

Q: How does the Gahanna-Jefferson snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Gahanna 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 Gahanna-Jefferson’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Gahanna-Jefferson, measured against Gahanna-Jefferson's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Gahanna-Jefferson close tomorrow?

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

The Gahanna-Jefferson playbook

How Gahanna-Jefferson calls a snow day

How families hear

By email and phone call.

“The district uses a messaging system to notify parents of emergencies including school closures, cancellations, and delays. The district will use the contact information present in the Contact Preferences section of the Family Portal.”

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 20, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Read from Gahanna-Jefferson’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is gahannaschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Gahanna-Jefferson’s snow record

19.5inches of snow a winter

1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.5with 4 in or more

2.5 ina big snow morning in Gahanna-Jefferson: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

1Nov

4.4Dec

6.9Jan

5.3Feb

1.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11.9 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 33.9 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.8 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 Gahanna-Jefferson

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Whitehall City School DistrictWhitehall	19.5 in	0.5
Bexley City School DistrictBexley	19.5 in	0.5
Reynoldsburg City School DistrictReynoldsburg	19.5 in	0.5
New Albany-Plain Local School DistrictNew Albany	19.5 in	0.5
Licking Heights Local School DistrictPataskala	19.5 in	0.5
Westerville City School DistrictWesterville	12.6 in	0.1

The schools

12 schools

Every school in Gahanna-Jefferson follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Lincoln High School

Middle

Gahanna East Middle School
Gahanna South Middle School
Gahanna West Middle School

Elementary

Lincoln Elementary School
Blacklick Elementary School, Blacklick
High Point Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Royal Manor Elementary School
Chapelfield Elementary School
Goshen Lane Elementary School

Other schools

Gahanna- Jefferson Clark Hall

Questions

Gahanna-Jefferson snow day questions

How does Gahanna-Jefferson announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Gahanna-Jefferson?

How much snow does Gahanna get?

What was the biggest snow day near Gahanna-Jefferson?

How does the Gahanna-Jefferson snow day predictor work?

How does Ohio handle snow days?

More winter

More for Ohio snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Ohio winter forecastThe season ahead for Ohio: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.