New Lexington, Ohio, 1,770 students in 4 schools

New Lexington City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Lexington get?

About 17.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station under a mile away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Lexington?

8 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station under a mile away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 34.6 inches.

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

New Lexington averages 1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 72 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the New Lexington snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Lexington 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 New Lexington’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station under a mile away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will New Lexington close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

New Lexington’s snow record

17.8inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1with 4 in or more

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

3.8school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

0.2Nov

3.8Dec

7.6Jan

4.3Feb

1.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 34.6 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 4.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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 New Lexington

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Crooksville Exempted Village School DistrictCrooksville	17.8 in	1
Northern Local School DistrictThornville	17.8 in	1
Maysville Local School DistrictZanesville	17.8 in	1
Fairfield Union Local School DistrictLancaster	17.8 in	1
Logan-Hocking Local School DistrictLogan	10.3 in	0.4
West Muskingum Local School DistrictZanesville	17.8 in	1

The schools

4 schools

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

High

New Lexington High School

Middle

New Lexington Middle School

Elementary

New Lexington Elementary School
Junction City Elementary School, Junction City

Questions

New Lexington snow day questions

How much snow does New Lexington get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Lexington?

Does New Lexington get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the New Lexington 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.