Medina, Ohio, 3,390 students in 6 schools

Highland Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Medina get?

About 52.1 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.6 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Highland Local School District?

9.7 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 66.4 inches.

Q: Does Highland Local School District get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

Highland Local School District averages 1.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Highland Local School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Medina 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 Highland Local School District’s own big snow morning: 3.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.6 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Highland Local School District close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Highland Local School District’s snow record

52.1inches of snow a winter

5.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

3.4 ina big snow morning in Highland Local School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

3.5Nov

10.5Dec

19Jan

10Feb

6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.7 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 66.4 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 10.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.6 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 Highland Local School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Medina City School DistrictMedina	52.1 in	1.9	7
Brunswick City School DistrictBrunswick	52.1 in	1.9
Copley-Fairlawn City School DistrictCopley	34 in	0.8
Revere Local School DistrictRichfield	34 in	0.8
Buckeye Local School DistrictMedina	52.1 in	1.9
North Royalton City School DistrictNorth Royalton	54.2 in	1.6

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Highland High School

Middle

Highland Middle School

Elementary

Sharon Elementary School, Wadsworth
Granger Elementary School
Hinckley Elementary School, Hinckley
Highland Virtual Learning Academy

Questions

Highland Local School District snow day questions

How much snow does Medina get?

What was the biggest snow day near Highland Local School District?

Does Highland Local School District get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Highland Local School District 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.