Mays Landing, New Jersey, 3,079 students in 3 schools

Greater Egg Harbor Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Mays Landing get?

About 1.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Greater Egg Harbor?

6.3 inches on January 8, 2017, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.1 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2016 to 2017, with 7.3 inches.

Q: How does the Greater Egg Harbor snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Mays Landing 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 Greater Egg Harbor’s own big snow morning: 1.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.1 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 Greater Egg Harbor, measured against Greater Egg Harbor's own big snow morning of 1.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Greater Egg Harbor close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Greater Egg Harbor’s snow record

1.4inches of snow a winter

0.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0with 4 in or more

1.5 ina big snow morning in Greater Egg Harbor: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0Nov

0.3Dec

0.9Jan

0Feb

0.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 6.3 in on January 8, 2017
Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 7.3 in
6 in mornings 0 a winter
1 in mornings 0.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.1 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 Greater Egg Harbor

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Egg Harbor Township School DistrictEgg Harbor Township	1.4 in	0
Pleasantville City School DistrictPleasantville	14.8 in	1
Galloway Township School DistrictGalloway	14.8 in	1
Atlantic City School DistrictAtlantic City	11.2 in	0.7
Hammonton Town School DistrictHammonton	12.3 in	0.5
Vineland City School DistrictVineland	17.7 in	1.2

The schools

3 schools

Every school in Greater Egg Harbor follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Absegami High School, Galloway
Cedar Creek High School, Egg Harbor City
Oakcrest High School

Questions

Greater Egg Harbor snow day questions

How much snow does Mays Landing get?

What was the biggest snow day near Greater Egg Harbor?

How does the Greater Egg Harbor 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.