Canton, Ohio, 5,917 students in 9 schools

Plain Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Canton get?

About 38 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.8 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.4 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 Plain?

9.5 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.8 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 53.3 inches.

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

Plain 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 Plain snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Canton 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 Plain’s own big snow morning: 2.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Plain, measured against Plain's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Plain close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Plain’s snow record

38inches of snow a winter

3.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1with 4 in or more

2.5 ina big snow morning in Plain: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

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

2.3Nov

7.8Dec

14Jan

7.8Feb

4.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 9.5 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 53.3 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 7.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.8 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 Plain

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Canton City School DistrictNorth Canton	38 in	1
Canton City School DistrictCanton	38 in	1
Perry Local School DistrictMassillon	38 in	1
Jackson Local School DistrictMassillon	38 in	1
Louisville City School DistrictLouisville	38 in	1
Canton Local School DistrictCanton	38 in	1

The schools

9 schools

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

High

GlenOak High School

Middle

Oakwood Middle School
Glenwood Intermediate School

Elementary

Middlebranch Elementary School
Robert A. Taft Elementary School
Ransom H Barr Elementary School
Charles L Warstler Elementary School
Frazer Elementary School
Avondale Elementary School

Questions

Plain snow day questions

How much snow does Canton get?

What was the biggest snow day near Plain?

Does Plain get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Plain 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.