Cortland, Ohio, 1,510 students in 3 schools

Lakeview Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Cortland get?

About 33.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Lakeview?

14 inches on February 4, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2021 to 2022, with 51 inches.

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

Lakeview averages 1.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Lakeview snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Cortland 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 Lakeview’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Lakeview, measured against Lakeview's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Lakeview close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Lakeview’s snow record

33.9inches of snow a winter

3.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Lakeview: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

2.4Nov

7.4Dec

12.4Jan

6.8Feb

4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on February 4, 2022
Snowiest winter 2021 to 2022, 51 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 8.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.5 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 Lakeview

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Howland Local School DistrictWarren	51.6 in	1.3
Champion Local School DistrictWarren	33.9 in	1.1
Warren City School DistrictWarren	16.3 in	0.5
LaBrae Local School DistrictLeavittsburg	16.3 in	0.5
Niles City School DistrictNiles	16.3 in	0.5
Girard City School DistrictGirard	16.3 in	0.5

The schools

3 schools

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

High

Lakeview High School

Middle

Lakeview Middle School

Elementary

Lakeview Elementary School

Questions

Lakeview snow day questions

How much snow does Cortland get?

What was the biggest snow day near Lakeview?

Does Lakeview get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Lakeview 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.