Chesterland, Ohio, 2,059 students in 4 schools

West Geauga Local School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Chesterland get?

About 88.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.3 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 10.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 4.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near West Geauga?

16 inches on January 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.3 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 130.6 inches.

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

West Geauga averages 4.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 99 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the West Geauga snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Chesterland 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 West Geauga’s own big snow morning: 5.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.3 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in West Geauga, measured against West Geauga's own big snow morning of 5.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will West Geauga close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

West Geauga’s snow record

88.4inches of snow a winter

10.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

4.9with 4 in or more

5.2 ina big snow morning in West Geauga: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

3.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 99% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

7.7Nov

22.2Dec

30.5Jan

14.1Feb

10.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16 in on January 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 130.6 in
6 in mornings 2 a winter
1 in mornings 16.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.3 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 West Geauga

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Mayfield City School DistrictMayfield Heights	51.7 in	1.9
Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School DistrictChagrin Falls	51.7 in	1.9
Orange City School DistrictCleveland	51.7 in	1.9
Kenston Local School DistrictChagrin Falls	42.6 in	2.1
Kirtland Local School DistrictKirtland	51.7 in	1.9
South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School DistrictLyndhurst	51.7 in	1.9

The schools

4 schools

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

High

West Geauga High School

Middle

West Geauga Middle School

Elementary

Robert C Lindsey Elementary School
Westwood Elementary School, Novelty

Questions

West Geauga snow day questions

How much snow does Chesterland get?

What was the biggest snow day near West Geauga?

Does West Geauga get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the West Geauga 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.