Ohio Snow Day Calculator
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Ohio Snow Statistics & Information
Geographic Features
- •Lake Erie Shoreline
- •Appalachian Plateau
- •Ohio River Valley
- •Allegheny Plateau
- •Great Miami River
Snow Statistics
Annual Average Snowfall
28 inches
Snow Days per Year
30 days
School Information
Average Snow Days
6 days/year
School Districts
611
Ohio Historical Snow Events
Great Blizzard of 1978
1978-01-26Snowfall: 28.5 inches
Record snowfall in Cleveland, state of emergency declared
Arctic Outbreak of 1994
1994-01-20Snowfall: 18 inches
Record low temperatures and heavy snow closed schools statewide
Polar Vortex of 2019
2019-01-30Snowfall: 16 inches
Schools closed statewide due to dangerous wind chills below -40°F
Ohio Snow Facts
The Great Blizzard of 1978 remains Ohio's worst winter storm on record
Cleveland's 'Lake Erie effect' can create intense localized snowfall up to 2 inches per hour
Ohio's record low temperature is -39°F, recorded in Milligan on February 10, 1899
The state's Department of Transportation maintains over 43,000 lane miles of highway
Ohio was one of the first states to implement a snow emergency classification system
Lake Erie can produce lake effect snow from late October through early April