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Franklin Township School District Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will Franklin Township School District close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Somerset.
Ten winters of school mornings

Franklin Township School District’s snow record

19.5inches of snow a winter
2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.2with 4 in or more
5.9 ina big snow morning in Franklin Township School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 53% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.5Nov
2.6Dec
5.1Jan
7.9Feb
3.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 15.3 in on February 23, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 37.8 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station under a mile 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.

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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 Franklin Township School District

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
South Brunswick Township School DistrictNorth Brunswick19.5 in1.2
North Brunswick Township School DistrictNorth Brunswick22.2 in1.3
New Brunswick City School DistrictNew Brunswick22.4 in1.3
Piscataway Township School DistrictPiscataway22.4 in1.3
East Brunswick Township School DistrictEast Brunswick22.2 in1.3
Hillsborough Township School DistrictHillsborough24.5 in1.2
The schools

10 schools

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

High

  • Franklin High School

Middle

  • Franklin Middle School at Sampson G. Smith Campus
  • Franklin Middle School at Hamilton Street Campus

Elementary

  • Claremont Elementary School, Franklin Park
  • Franklin Park School, Franklin Park
  • Elizabeth Avenue School
  • Hillcrest School
  • MacAfee Road School
  • Pine Grove Manor School
  • Conerly Road School
Questions

Franklin Township School District snow day questions

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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.