Flemington, New Jersey, 3,174 students in 6 schools

Flemington-Raritan Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Flemington get?

About 22.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.6 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 Flemington-Raritan?

12 inches on February 17, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 46.9 inches.

Q: Does Flemington-Raritan get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

Flemington-Raritan 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 Flemington-Raritan snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Flemington 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 Flemington-Raritan’s own big snow morning: 6.1 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.6 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Flemington-Raritan, measured against Flemington-Raritan's own big snow morning of 6.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Flemington-Raritan close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Flemington-Raritan’s snow record

22.5inches of snow a winter

2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

6.1 ina big snow morning in Flemington-Raritan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.4school 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

3Dec

4.3Jan

8.8Feb

5.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on February 17, 2024
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 46.9 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 4.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.6 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 Flemington-Raritan

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Hillsborough Township School DistrictHillsborough	24.5 in	1.2
Montgomery Township School DistrictSkillman	18.9 in	1.3
Hopewell Valley Regional School DistrictPennington	20 in	0.9
Princeton Public SchoolsPrinceton	24.5 in	1.2
Ewing Township School DistrictEwing	19.4 in	0.8
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School DistrictMartinsville	11.8 in	0.3

The schools

6 schools

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

Middle

Reading-Fleming Intermediate School
J.P. Case Middle School

Elementary

Copper Hill Elementary School, Ringoes
Francis A. Desmares Elementary School
Robert Hunter Elementary School
Barley Sheaf Elementary School

Questions

Flemington-Raritan snow day questions

How much snow does Flemington get?

What was the biggest snow day near Flemington-Raritan?

Does Flemington-Raritan get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the Flemington-Raritan snow day predictor work?

How does New Jersey handle snow days?

More winter

More for New Jersey snow days

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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.