Andover, Ohio, 1,089 students in 4 schools

Pymatuning Valley Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Andover get?

About 44.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.8 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Pymatuning Valley?

12 inches on March 2, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.8 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 70.8 inches.

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

Pymatuning Valley averages 2.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 96 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Pymatuning Valley snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Andover 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 Pymatuning Valley’s own big snow morning: 4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Pymatuning Valley, measured against Pymatuning Valley's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Pymatuning Valley close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Pymatuning Valley’s snow record

44.8inches of snow a winter

5.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.1with 4 in or more

4 ina big snow morning in Pymatuning Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

5.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 96% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

3.6Nov

11Dec

16.6Jan

6.4Feb

6.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on March 2, 2018
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 70.8 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 11.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.8 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 Pymatuning Valley

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Jefferson Area Local School DistrictJefferson	85.2 in	3.9
Ashtabula Area City School DistrictAshtabula	85.2 in	3.9
Buckeye Local School DistrictAshtabula	85.2 in	3.9
Lakeview Local School DistrictCortland	33.9 in	1.1
Conneaut Area City School DistrictConneaut	85.2 in	3.9
Geneva Area City School DistrictGeneva	88.4 in	4.9

The schools

4 schools

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

High

Pymatuning Valley High School
Pymatuning Valley Local Schools Online

Middle

Pymatuning Valley Middle School

Elementary

Pymatuning Valley Primary Elementary School

Questions

Pymatuning Valley snow day questions

How much snow does Andover get?

What was the biggest snow day near Pymatuning Valley?

Does Pymatuning Valley get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Pymatuning Valley 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.