Bloomfield, New Jersey, 6,438 students in 11 schools

Bloomfield Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Bloomfield get?

About 23.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Bloomfield Township?

14 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 44.5 inches.

Q: Does Bloomfield Township get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

Bloomfield Township averages 1.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 66 percent of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Bloomfield Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Bloomfield 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 Bloomfield Township’s own big snow morning: 5.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Bloomfield Township, measured against Bloomfield Township's own big snow morning of 5.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Bloomfield Township close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Bloomfield Township’s snow record

23.4inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

5.9 ina big snow morning in Bloomfield Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 66% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.6Nov

3.9Dec

5.8Jan

8.8Feb

3.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 44.5 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 4.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.2 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 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.

The New Jersey rules in the agency’s own words, and every New Jersey district

Next door

Districts near Bloomfield Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Montclair Town School DistrictMontclair	32.2 in	1.2
West Orange Town School DistrictWest Orange	32.2 in	1.2
East Orange City School DistrictEast Orange	23.4 in	1.4
Nutley Town School DistrictNutley	32.2 in	1.2
Belleville Town School DistrictBelleville	23.4 in	1.4
Orange City Township School DistrictOrange	23.4 in	1.4

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Bloomfield High School

Middle

Bloomfield Middle School

Elementary

Fairview Elementary School
Demarest Elementary School
Berkeley Elementary School
Oak View Elementary School
Carteret Elementary School
Franklin Elementary School
Watsessing Elementary School
Brookdale Elementary School

Other schools

The Early Childhood Center @ Forest Glen

Questions

Bloomfield Township snow day questions

How much snow does Bloomfield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Bloomfield Township?

Does Bloomfield Township get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the Bloomfield Township snow day predictor work?

How does New Jersey handle snow days?

More winter

More for New Jersey 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.New Jersey winter forecastThe season ahead for New Jersey: 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.