Eastlake, Ohio, 6,978 students in 13 schools

Willoughby-Eastlake City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Willoughby-Eastlake?

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

Q: How much snow does Eastlake get?

About 51.7 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 5.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Willoughby-Eastlake?

17.5 inches on December 10, 2016, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 72.8 inches.

Q: Does Willoughby-Eastlake get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

Willoughby-Eastlake averages 1.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 92 percent of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Willoughby-Eastlake snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Eastlake 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 Willoughby-Eastlake’s own big snow morning: 3.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Willoughby-Eastlake, measured against Willoughby-Eastlake's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Willoughby-Eastlake close tomorrow?

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

The Willoughby-Eastlake playbook

How Willoughby-Eastlake calls a snow day

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 20, 2026
Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
Last day May 27, 2027

District calendar

Recent snow days

2025 to 2026. Closed Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026 for an extreme cold weather warning.
“Willoughby-Eastlake City Schools will be closed Tuesday, January 27, 2026 due to the extreme cold weather warning.”
District notice

Read from Willoughby-Eastlake’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is weschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Willoughby-Eastlake’s snow record

51.7inches of snow a winter

5.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

3.8 ina big snow morning in Willoughby-Eastlake: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 92% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

3.4Nov

12.6Dec

17.5Jan

11Feb

5.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17.5 in on December 10, 2016
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 72.8 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.7 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 Willoughby-Eastlake

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Wickliffe City School DistrictWickliffe	51.7 in	1.9
Kirtland Local School DistrictKirtland	51.7 in	1.9
Euclid City School DistrictEuclid	51.7 in	1.9
Mentor Exempted Village School DistrictMentor	51.7 in	1.9
Mayfield City School DistrictMayfield Heights	51.7 in	1.9
South Euclid-Lyndhurst City School DistrictLyndhurst	51.7 in	1.9

The schools

13 schools

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

High

North High School
South High School, Willoughby
Northern Career Institute, Willoughby

Middle

Willoughby Middle School, Willoughby
School of Innovation, Willoughby
Willowick Middle School, Willowick
Eastlake Middle School

Elementary

Royalview Elementary School, Willowick
Grant Elementary School, Willoughby
Edison Elementary School, Willoughby
Longfellow Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School

Other schools

Willoughby-Eastlake Preschool

Questions

Willoughby-Eastlake snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Willoughby-Eastlake?

How much snow does Eastlake get?

What was the biggest snow day near Willoughby-Eastlake?

Does Willoughby-Eastlake get more snow days than other Ohio districts?

How does the Willoughby-Eastlake 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.