Toledo, Ohio, 1,035 students in 2 schools

Ottawa Hills Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Toledo get?

About 22.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.9 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.6 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 Ottawa Hills?

8 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.9 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 34.3 inches.

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

Ottawa Hills 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 Ottawa Hills snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Toledo 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 Ottawa Hills’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.9 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Ottawa Hills close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ottawa Hills’s snow record

22.2inches of snow a winter

2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

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

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

2.7Nov

2.8Dec

6.4Jan

7.5Feb

1.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 34.3 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.9 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 Ottawa Hills

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Washington Local School DistrictToledo	22.2 in	0.7
Sylvania City School DistrictSylvania	22.2 in	0.7
Springfield Local School DistrictHolland	24.5 in	0.5
Rossford Exempted Village School DistrictRossford	18.8 in	0.3
Toledo City School DistrictToledo	18.8 in	0.3
Maumee City School DistrictMaumee	24.5 in	0.5

The schools

2 schools

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

High

Ottawa Hills High School

Elementary

Ottawa Hills Elementary School

Questions

Ottawa Hills snow day questions

How much snow does Toledo get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ottawa Hills?

Does Ottawa Hills get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Ottawa Hills 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.