Hillsborough, New Jersey, 7,263 students in 9 schools

Hillsborough Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Hillsborough get?

About 24.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Hillsborough Township?

17.6 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 46.9 inches.

Q: Does Hillsborough Township get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

Hillsborough Township averages 1.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 53 percent of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Hillsborough Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Hillsborough 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 Hillsborough Township’s own big snow morning: 5.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hillsborough Township, measured against Hillsborough Township's own big snow morning of 5.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Hillsborough Township close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Hillsborough Township’s snow record

24.5inches of snow a winter

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

1.2with 4 in or more

5.2 ina big snow morning in Hillsborough Township: 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

3.5Dec

5.9Jan

9.7Feb

4.5Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17.6 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 46.9 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 3.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.9 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 Hillsborough Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Montgomery Township School DistrictSkillman	18.9 in	1.3
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School DistrictMartinsville	11.8 in	0.3
Franklin Township School DistrictSomerset	19.5 in	1.2
Flemington-Raritan Regional School DistrictFlemington	22.5 in	1.4
Princeton Public SchoolsPrinceton	24.5 in	1.2
South Brunswick Township School DistrictNorth Brunswick	19.5 in	1.2

The schools

9 schools

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

High

Hillsborough High School

Middle

Hillsborough Township Middle School
Auten Road Intermediate School

Elementary

Sunnymead Elementary School
Hillsborough Township Elementary School
Woods Road Elementary School
Amsterdam Elementary School
Triangle Elementary School
Woodfern Elementary School

Questions

Hillsborough Township snow day questions

How much snow does Hillsborough get?

What was the biggest snow day near Hillsborough Township?

Does Hillsborough Township get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the Hillsborough Township 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.