Fort Lee, New Jersey, 4,076 students in 6 schools

Fort Lee Borough School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Fort Lee get?

About 21.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5 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 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Fort Lee Borough?

14.8 inches on February 1, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 43.4 inches.

Q: How does the Fort Lee Borough snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Fort Lee 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 Fort Lee Borough’s own big snow morning: 6.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5 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 Fort Lee Borough, measured against Fort Lee Borough's own big snow morning of 6.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Fort Lee Borough close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Fort Lee Borough’s snow record

21.9inches of snow a winter

1.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

6.4 ina big snow morning in Fort Lee Borough: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.6Nov

3.4Dec

5.9Jan

8.2Feb

3.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.8 in on February 1, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 43.4 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5 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 Fort Lee Borough

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Cliffside Park Borough School DistrictCliffside Park	21.9 in	0.9
Teaneck Township School DistrictTeaneck	21.9 in	0.9
North Bergen Township School DistrictNorth Bergen	21.9 in	0.9
West New York Town School DistrictWest New York	21.9 in	0.9
Hackensack City School DistrictHackensack	21.9 in	0.9
Bergenfield Borough School DistrictBergenfield	21.9 in	0.9

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Fort Lee High School

Middle

Lewis F. Cole Middle School

Elementary

School No. 1
School No. 4
School No. 2
School No. 3

Questions

Fort Lee Borough snow day questions

How much snow does Fort Lee get?

What was the biggest snow day near Fort Lee Borough?

How does the Fort Lee Borough 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

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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.