Martinsville, New Jersey, 7,994 students in 11 schools

Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Martinsville get?

About 11.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Bridgewater-Raritan?

12 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 26.5 inches.

Q: How does the Bridgewater-Raritan snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Martinsville 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 Bridgewater-Raritan’s own big snow morning: 3.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away.

Q: Can New Jersey schools hold a remote day instead?

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 odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Bridgewater-Raritan, measured against Bridgewater-Raritan's own big snow morning of 3.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Bridgewater-Raritan close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Bridgewater-Raritan’s snow record

11.8inches of snow a winter

1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

3.4 ina big snow morning in Bridgewater-Raritan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.5Nov

2.5Dec

3.4Jan

3.3Feb

2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 26.5 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.2 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 Bridgewater-Raritan

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Bernards Township School DistrictBasking Ridge	24.2 in	1.4
Plainfield City School DistrictPlainfield	11.8 in	0.3
North Plainfield Borough School DistrictNorth Plainfield	24.8 in	1.4
South Plainfield Borough School DistrictSouth Plainfield	22.4 in	1.3
Hillsborough Township School DistrictHillsborough	24.5 in	1.2
Piscataway Township School DistrictPiscataway	22.4 in	1.3

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Bridgewater-Raritan High School, Bridgewater

Middle

Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School, Bridgewater
Eisenhower Intermediate School, Bridgewater
Hillside Intermediate School, Bridgewater

Elementary

Adamsville Primary School, Bridgewater
Hamilton Primary School, Basking Ridge
John F. Kennedy Primary School, Raritan
Crim Primary School, Bridgewater
Milltown Primary School, Bridgewater
Van Holten Primary School, Bridgewater
Bradley Gardens Primary School, Bridgewater

Questions

Bridgewater-Raritan snow day questions

How much snow does Martinsville get?

What was the biggest snow day near Bridgewater-Raritan?

How does the Bridgewater-Raritan snow day predictor work?

How does New Jersey handle snow days?

Can New Jersey schools hold a remote day instead?

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.