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Jefferson, Ohio, 1,686 students in 5 schools

Jefferson Area Local School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Jefferson Area Local School District, measured against Jefferson Area Local School District's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Jefferson Area Local School District close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Jefferson.
Ten winters of school mornings

Jefferson Area Local School District’s snow record

85.2inches of snow a winter
10.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3.9with 4 in or more
4 ina big snow morning in Jefferson Area Local School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
3.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 98% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

10.7Nov
21Dec
27Jan
14.1Feb
9.8Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 14 in on January 17, 2022
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 125.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.6 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 17.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 19.2 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 Jefferson Area Local School District

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Ashtabula Area City School DistrictAshtabula85.2 in3.9
Buckeye Local School DistrictAshtabula85.2 in3.9
Geneva Area City School DistrictGeneva88.4 in4.9
Pymatuning Valley Local School DistrictAndover44.8 in2.1
Madison Local School DistrictMadison88.4 in4.9
Conneaut Area City School DistrictConneaut85.2 in3.9
The schools

5 schools

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

High

  • Jefferson Area Sr High School

Middle

  • Jefferson Area Junior High School

Elementary

  • Jefferson Elementary
  • Rock Creek Elementary School, Rock Creek

Other schools

  • Jefferson Area Local Schools Online
Questions

Jefferson Area Local 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.