Pennington, New Jersey, 3,432 students in 6 schools
Hopewell Valley Regional School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Hopewell Valley, measured against Hopewell Valley's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Hopewell Valley close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Pennington.
Ten winters of school mornings
Hopewell Valley’s snow record
20inches of snow a winter
1.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.9with 4 in or more
4.2 ina big snow morning in Hopewell Valley: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.5Nov
3.2Dec
6Jan
7Feb
3.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 8.9 in on January 25, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 44.3 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 3.3 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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.
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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 Hopewell Valley follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Hopewell Valley Central High School
Middle
Timberlane Middle School
Elementary
Bear Tavern Elementary School, Titusville
Hopewell Elementary School, Hopewell
Stony Brook Elementary School
Toll Gate Grammar School
Questions
Hopewell Valley snow day questions
About 20 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.8 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.
8.9 inches on January 25, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 44.3 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Pennington 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 Hopewell Valley’s own big snow morning: 4.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.1 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.
