Ohio snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Cleveland averages 64 in a year, Hamilton 10 in
Ohio towns, ranked
- Clevelandaverages 64 inches a year · heavy snow
- Parmaaverages 64 inches a year · heavy snow
- Akronaverages 47 inches a year · regular snow
- Lorainaverages 44 inches a year · regular snow
- Toledoaverages 37 inches a year · regular snow
- Cantonaverages 32 inches a year · moderate snow
- Columbusaverages 28 inches a year · moderate snow
- Cincinnatiaverages 16 inches a year · occasional snow
- Daytonaverages 12 inches a year · occasional snow
- Hamiltonaverages 10 inches a year · occasional snow
How snow days work in Ohio
There is no single Ohio snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Cleveland averages 64 inches of snow a year against Hamilton’s 10, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.