Solon, Ohio, 4,591 students in 7 schools

Solon City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Solon get?

About 40.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 13.3 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.1 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Solon?

14.5 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 13.3 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 58 inches.

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

Solon averages 1.1 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 81 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Solon snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Solon 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 Solon’s own big snow morning: 3.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 13.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Solon, measured against Solon's own big snow morning of 3.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Solon close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Solon’s snow record

40.3inches of snow a winter

4.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.1with 4 in or more

3.4 ina big snow morning in Solon: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 81% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

2.6Nov

8.4Dec

13.7Jan

7.2Feb

6.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.5 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 58 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 8.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 13.3 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 Solon

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Twinsburg City School DistrictTwinsburg	54.2 in	1.6
Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School DistrictChagrin Falls	51.7 in	1.9
Warrensville Heights City School DistrictWarrensville Heights	54.2 in	1.6
Bedford City School DistrictBedford	54.2 in	1.6
Orange City School DistrictCleveland	51.7 in	1.9
Aurora City School DistrictAurora	40.3 in	1.1

The schools

7 schools

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

High

Solon High School

Middle

Solon Middle School
Orchard Middle School

Elementary

Dorothy E Lewis Elementary School
Parkside Elementary School
Grace L Roxbury Elementary School

Other schools

Joseph V. Regano Early Learning Center

Questions

Solon snow day questions

How much snow does Solon get?

What was the biggest snow day near Solon?

Does Solon get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Solon 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.