Jersey City School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Jersey City, measured against Jersey City's own big snow morning of 5.9 inches.
Will Jersey City close tomorrow?
How Jersey City calls a snow day
How families hear
By the district website and social media.
“District employees and parents will be notified by the Superintendent via the emergency notification system Blackboard Connect. A notice will also be posted on the district’s website and social media.”Delayed Openings Schedule (memo of January 16, 2026)
A 90 minute delay
On a delay morning every school starts 90 minutes late.
“The district will be implementing a 1½ hour delay during a delayed opening.”Delay schedule
Making up a lost day
Emergency days added at the end of June, after a planned last day of June 24.
Make up dates: Jun 25, Jun 28, Jun 29, Jun 30.
“*If no emergency days needed”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day September 10, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- Last day June 24, 2027
Read from Jersey City’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is jcboe.org.
Jersey City’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 66% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 14 in on February 23, 2026
- Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 44.5 in
- 6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
- 1 in mornings 4.2 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.1 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.
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
Districts near Jersey City
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| Bayonne City School DistrictBayonne | 24.2 in | 1.2 |
| Hoboken City School DistrictHoboken | 21.9 in | 0.9 |
| Kearny Town School DistrictKearny | 23.4 in | 1.4 |
| Newark City School DistrictNewark | 23.4 in | 1.4 |
| Union City School DistrictUnion City | 21.9 in | 0.9 |
| Belleville Town School DistrictBelleville | 23.4 in | 1.4 |
39 schools
Every school in Jersey City follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- William L Dickinson High School
- James J Ferris High School
- Lincoln High School
- Henry Snyder High School
- Dr Ronald McNair High School
- Infinity Institute
- Innovation High School
- Liberty High School
Middle
- Franklin L. Williams School
- Middle School # 4
- Academy I
- Ezra L. Nolan School
Elementary
- Cornelia F. Bradford School
- Joseph H. Brensinger School
- Christa McAuliffe School
- Mahatma K. Gandhi School
- Rafael Cordero y Molina
- Martin Luther King Jr. School
- Charles E. Trefurt School
- Dr. Michael Conti School
- Alfred Zampella School
- James F. Murray School
- Alexander D. Sullivan School
- Rev. Dr. Ercel F. Webb School
- Dr. Maya Angelou Elementary School
- Whitney M. Young Jr. School
- Jotham W. Wakeman School
- Patricia M. Noonan School PS #26
- Chaplain Charles Watters School
- Nicolaus Copernicus School
- Frank R Conwell School
- Martin Center for the Arts
- President Barack Obama Elementary School
- Ollie Culbreth Jr. School
- Dr. Paul Rafalides School
- Julia A. Barnes School
- Dr. Charles P. DeFuccio School
- Gladys Nunery School
Other schools
- Regional Day School
Jersey City snow day questions
More for New Jersey snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.