Dayton, Ohio, 2,030 students in 5 schools

Oakwood City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Dayton get?

About 19.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 10.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 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 Oakwood?

9 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 10.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 34 inches.

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

Oakwood 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 Oakwood snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Dayton 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 Oakwood’s own big snow morning: 3.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 10.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Oakwood, measured against Oakwood's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Oakwood close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Oakwood’s snow record

19.9inches of snow a winter

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

0.8with 4 in or more

3.1 ina big snow morning in Oakwood: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

1.2Nov

4Dec

7.4Jan

5.2Feb

1.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 34 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 3.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 10.3 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 Oakwood

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Dayton City School DistrictDayton	22.1 in	0.5
Kettering City School DistrictKettering	19.9 in	0.8
Mad River Local School DistrictDayton	22.1 in	0.5
West Carrollton City School DistrictWest Carrollton	19.9 in	0.8
Northridge Local School DistrictDayton	22.1 in	0.5
Beavercreek City School DistrictBeavercreek	16.6 in	0.9

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Oakwood High School

Middle

Oakwood Junior High School

Elementary

Smith Elementary School
Harman Elementary School
Julian & Marjorie Lange School Elementary School

Questions

Oakwood snow day questions

How much snow does Dayton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Oakwood?

Does Oakwood get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Oakwood 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.