Toledo, Ohio, 6,771 students in 10 schools

Washington Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How does Washington Local School District announce a snow day?

By radio, local TV and social media, and on the district’s own closings page.

Q: When is the last day of school for Washington Local School District?

May 27, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Toledo get?

About 22.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.8 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Washington Local School District?

8 inches on February 16, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.8 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 34.3 inches.

Q: Does Washington Local School District get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

Washington Local School District averages 0.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 50 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Washington Local School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Toledo 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 Washington Local School District’s own big snow morning: 3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.8 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Washington Local School District, measured against Washington Local School District's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Washington Local School District close tomorrow?

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

The Washington Local School District playbook

How Washington Local School District calls a snow day

How families hear

By radio, local TV and social media.

“School closings and delayed openings will be announced on local radio stations, television stations, and WLS Facebook Page.”

School Closings and Delays Information

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 20, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 5
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Read from Washington Local School District’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is wls4kids.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Washington Local School District’s snow record

22.2inches of snow a winter

2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

3 ina big snow morning in Washington Local School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 50% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

2.7Nov

2.8Dec

6.4Jan

7.5Feb

1.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 8 in on February 16, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 34.3 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 4.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.8 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 Washington Local School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Ottawa Hills Local School DistrictToledo	22.2 in	0.7
Sylvania City School DistrictSylvania	22.2 in	0.7
Toledo City School DistrictToledo	18.8 in	0.3
Springfield Local School DistrictHolland	24.5 in	0.5
Rossford Exempted Village School DistrictRossford	18.8 in	0.3
Maumee City School DistrictMaumee	24.5 in	0.5

The schools

10 schools

Every school in Washington Local School District follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Whitmer High School

Middle

Washington Junior High School
Jefferson Junior High School

Elementary

Silver Creek Elementary School
Shoreland Elementary School
Greenwood Elementary School
Meadowvale Elementary School
Monac Elementary School
Mcgregor Elementary School
Hiawatha Elementary School

Questions

Washington Local School District snow day questions

How does Washington Local School District announce a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Washington Local School District?

How much snow does Toledo get?

What was the biggest snow day near Washington Local School District?

Does Washington Local School District get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Washington Local School District 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.