Parma City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Parma?

June 3, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Parma get?

About 54.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.6 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.6 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Parma?

12.3 inches on December 1, 2020, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.6 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 73.8 inches.

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

Parma averages 1.6 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 87 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Parma snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Parma 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 Parma’s own big snow morning: 3.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.6 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Parma close tomorrow?

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

The Parma playbook

How Parma calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, email, the district website, social media, local TV and radio.

“If school is called off because of inclement weather, the district will notify parents and staff by phone and email.”

Communications - Parma City School District (Snow Day/Calamity Day Information)

Making up a lost day

No make up expected: students attend more than the state minimum hours, so snow days should not have to be made up.

“School can be closed because of bad weather, but because PCSD students attend school more than the minimum number of hours, we should be able to handle any snow days and not have to make them up.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 25, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day June 3, 2027

District calendar

Read from Parma’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is parmacityschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Parma’s snow record

54.2inches of snow a winter

5.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.6with 4 in or more

3.5 ina big snow morning in Parma: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 87% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

4.4Nov

10.2Dec

17.3Jan

10.5Feb

7.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.3 in on December 1, 2020
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 73.8 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 11 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.6 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 Parma

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Royalton City School DistrictNorth Royalton	54.2 in	1.6
Brooklyn City School DistrictBrooklyn	47.4 in	2
Strongsville City School DistrictStrongsville	45.2 in	2.5
Berea City School DistrictBerea	39.8 in	0.7
Independence Local School DistrictIndependence	54.2 in	1.6
Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School DistrictBrecksville	54.2 in	1.6

The schools

13 schools

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

High

Normandy High School
Valley Forge High School, Parma Heights
Parma Virtual Learning Academy

Middle

Greenbriar Middle School
Shiloh Middle School
Hillside Middle School, Seven Hills

Elementary

Pleasant Valley Elementary School
Thoreau Park Elementary School
John Muir Elementary School
Dentzler Elementary School
Green Valley Elementary School
Ridge-Brook Elementary School

Other schools

First Step Preschool

Questions

Parma snow day questions

How does Parma announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Parma?

How much snow does Parma get?

What was the biggest snow day near Parma?

Does Parma get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Parma 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.