Strongsville, Ohio, 5,727 students in 9 schools

Strongsville City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Strongsville get?

About 45.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Strongsville?

12 inches on January 20, 2019, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 59.6 inches.

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

Strongsville averages 2.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 97 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Strongsville snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Strongsville 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 Strongsville’s own big snow morning: 6 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1 mile away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Strongsville, measured against Strongsville's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Strongsville close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Strongsville’s snow record

45.2inches of snow a winter

5.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.5with 4 in or more

6 ina big snow morning in Strongsville: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 97% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

2.3Nov

9.4Dec

17Jan

9.3Feb

5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on January 20, 2019
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 59.6 in
6 in mornings 1.5 a winter
1 in mornings 9.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1 mile 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 Strongsville

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Berea City School DistrictBerea	39.8 in	0.7
Brunswick City School DistrictBrunswick	52.1 in	1.9
North Royalton City School DistrictNorth Royalton	54.2 in	1.6
Parma City School DistrictParma	54.2 in	1.6
Olmsted Falls City School DistrictOlmsted Falls	39.8 in	0.7
North Olmsted City School DistrictNorth Olmsted	41.9 in	1.7

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Strongsville High School

Middle

Strongsville Middle School
Strongsville Online Learning Opportunity Academy

Elementary

Kinsner Elementary School
Muraski Elementary School
Chapman Elementary School
Whitney Elementary School
Surrarrer Elementary School

Other schools

Early Learning Preschool

Questions

Strongsville snow day questions

How much snow does Strongsville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Strongsville?

Does Strongsville get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Strongsville snow day predictor work?

How does Ohio handle snow days?

More winter

More for Ohio snow days

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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.