Atlantic City, New Jersey, 6,401 students in 11 schools
Atlantic City School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Atlantic City, measured against Atlantic City's own big snow morning of 7.2 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Atlantic City close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Atlantic City.
Ten winters of school mornings
Atlantic City’s snow record
11.2inches of snow a winter
1.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
7.2 ina big snow morning in Atlantic City: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0Nov
1.1Dec
6.3Jan
2.7Feb
1.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 12 in on January 5, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 30 in
6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
1 in mornings 1.9 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.4 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.
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The New Jersey rule
How New Jersey counts a lost day
New Jersey requires at least 180 days of school, or the district loses state aid.
Every school in Atlantic City follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Atlantic City High School
Elementary
Sovereign Avenue School
Richmond Avenue School
New York Avenue School
Pennsylvania Ave School
Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Complex
Texas Avenue School
Uptown School Complex
Brighton Avenue School
Chelsea Heights School
Other schools
Venice Park School
Questions
Atlantic City snow day questions
About 11.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.4 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.
12 inches on January 5, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.4 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 30 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Atlantic City 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 Atlantic City’s own big snow morning: 7.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.4 miles away.
New Jersey requires at least 180 days of school, or the district loses state aid.
A virtual or remote day counts toward the 180 days only when schools close for more than three consecutive days because of a declared state of emergency, a declared public health emergency or a health agency directive, under a program the commissioner approved.
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.
