Freehold Township School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Freehold Township, measured against Freehold Township's own big snow morning of 7.3 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Freehold Township close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Freehold.
Ten winters of school mornings
Freehold Township’s snow record
15.2inches of snow a winter
2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1with 4 in or more
7.3 ina big snow morning in Freehold Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0Nov
2.2Dec
5.3Jan
5.1Feb
2.3Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 12 in on March 22, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 40.5 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 3.2 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.6 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.
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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.
Every school in Freehold Township follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
Middle
Clifton T. Barkalow School
Dwight D. Eisenhower School
Elementary
West Freehold School
Laura Donovan School
Marshall W. Errickson School
Joseph J Catena School
C. Richard Applegate School
Other schools
Early Childhood Learning Center
Questions
Freehold Township snow day questions
About 15.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.6 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1 with 4 inches or more.
12 inches on March 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.6 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 40.5 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Freehold 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 Freehold Township’s own big snow morning: 7.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.6 miles away.
New Jersey requires at least 180 days of school, or the district loses state aid.
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 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.
