Norwood, Ohio, 1,680 students in 6 schools

Norwood City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Norwood get?

About 20 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Norwood?

7 inches on January 6, 2025, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 33.3 inches.

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

Norwood averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 50 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Norwood snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Norwood 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 Norwood’s own big snow morning: 3.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 11.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Norwood, measured against Norwood's own big snow morning of 3.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Norwood close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Norwood’s snow record

20inches of snow a winter

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

0.7with 4 in or more

3.3 ina big snow morning in Norwood: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

1.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 50% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

1.6Nov

4.6Dec

7Jan

6Feb

0.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 7 in on January 6, 2025
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 33.3 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 11.7 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 Norwood

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Cincinnati City School DistrictCincinnati	20 in	0.7
Reading Community City School DistrictReading	20 in	0.7
Mariemont City School DistrictCincinnati	20 in	0.7
Wyoming City School DistrictWyoming	20 in	0.7
Deer Park Community City School DistrictCincinnati	20 in	0.7
Madeira City School DistrictCincinnati	20 in	0.7

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Norwood High School

Middle

Norwood Middle School

Elementary

Norwood View Elementary School
Sharpsburg Elementary
Williams Avenue Elementary School
The Norwood Montessori School

Questions

Norwood snow day questions

How much snow does Norwood get?

What was the biggest snow day near Norwood?

Does Norwood get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Norwood 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.