Castalia, Ohio, 1,088 students in 2 schools

Margaretta Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Castalia get?

About 23.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.8 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Margaretta?

9.1 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 45 inches.

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

Margaretta averages 0.8 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 61 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Margaretta snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Castalia 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 Margaretta’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.7 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Margaretta close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Margaretta’s snow record

23.8inches of snow a winter

3.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.8with 4 in or more

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

2.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 61% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

1.4Nov

3.6Dec

8.4Jan

6.4Feb

2.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.1 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 45 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 6.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.7 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 Margaretta

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Perkins Local School DistrictSandusky	23.8 in	0.8
Sandusky City School DistrictSandusky	23.8 in	0.8
Bellevue City School DistrictBellevue	23.8 in	0.8
Port Clinton City School DistrictPort Clinton	10.2 in	0.1
Clyde-Green Springs Exempted Village School DistrictClyde	13.5 in	0.1
Huron City School DistrictHuron	23.8 in	0.8

The schools

2 schools

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

High

Margaretta High School

Elementary

Margaretta Elementary School

Questions

Margaretta snow day questions

How much snow does Castalia get?

What was the biggest snow day near Margaretta?

Does Margaretta get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Margaretta 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.