Fair Lawn, New Jersey, 5,567 students in 9 schools

Fair Lawn Borough School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fair Lawn get?

About 28 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Fair Lawn Borough?

12.3 inches on February 2, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 51.5 inches.

Q: Does Fair Lawn Borough get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

Fair Lawn Borough averages 1.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Fair Lawn Borough snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fair Lawn 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 Fair Lawn Borough’s own big snow morning: 5.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.7 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Fair Lawn Borough, measured against Fair Lawn Borough's own big snow morning of 5.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Fair Lawn Borough close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Fair Lawn Borough’s snow record

28inches of snow a winter

2.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

5.7 ina big snow morning in Fair Lawn Borough: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.8Nov

4.4Dec

6.4Jan

10.4Feb

5.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.3 in on February 2, 2021
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 51.5 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.7 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 Fair Lawn Borough

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Ridgewood Village School DistrictRidgewood	28 in	1.9
Paramus Borough School DistrictParamus	28 in	1.9
Paterson City School DistrictPaterson	28 in	1.9	4
Garfield City School DistrictGarfield	28 in	1.9
Hackensack City School DistrictHackensack	21.9 in	0.9
Lodi Borough School DistrictLodi	28 in	1.9

The schools

9 schools

Every school in Fair Lawn Borough follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Fair Lawn High School

Middle

Thomas Jefferson Middle School
Memorial Middle School

Elementary

Radburn Elementary School
Westmoreland Elementary School
Warren Point Elementary School
Henry B. Milnes Elementary School
John A. Forrest Elementary School
Lyncrest Elementary School

Questions

Fair Lawn Borough snow day questions

How much snow does Fair Lawn get?

What was the biggest snow day near Fair Lawn Borough?

Does Fair Lawn Borough get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the Fair Lawn Borough 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.