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Hamilton, Ohio, 9,054 students in 12 schools

Hamilton City School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hamilton City School District, measured against Hamilton City School District's own big snow morning of 4.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hamilton City School District close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Hamilton.
The Hamilton City School District playbook

How Hamilton City School District calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:30 am.

“The Hamilton City School District strives to make school schedule announcements by 5:30 am.”
Source

How families hear

By phone call, social media, the district website, radio and local TV.

“Delay or closing information will also be posted on the district's Facebook and Instagram pages, on our website (HamiltonCitySchools.com), and on local radio and television stations.”
Communication and Social Media - Hamilton City Schools

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 13, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 27, 2027
District calendar

Read from Hamilton City School District’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is hamiltoncityschools.com.

Ten winters of school mornings

Hamilton City School District’s snow record

13.6inches of snow a winter
1.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1with 4 in or more
4.8 ina big snow morning in Hamilton City School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 72% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

0.6Nov
2.7Dec
5.3Jan
4.6Feb
0.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11 in on January 25, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 27.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 16.5 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.

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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 Hamilton City School District

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Fairfield City School DistrictFairfield20 in0.7
Ross Local School DistrictHamilton20 in0.7
Edgewood City School DistrictTrenton13.6 in1
Lakota Local School DistrictLiberty Township13.6 in1
Winton Woods City School DistrictCincinnati20 in0.7
Monroe Local School DistrictMonroe13.6 in1
The schools

12 schools

Every school in Hamilton City School District follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Hamilton High School
  • Miami School

Middle

  • Garfield Middle School
  • Wilson Middle School

Elementary

  • Ridgeway Elementary School
  • Highland Elementary School
  • Riverview Elementary School
  • Linden Elementary School
  • Fairwood Elementary School
  • Brookwood Elementary School
  • Crawford Woods Elementary School
  • Bridgeport Elementary School
Questions

Hamilton City School District snow day questions

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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.