Englishtown, New Jersey, 4,653 students in 8 schools

Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Englishtown get?

About 15.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 5.7 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.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Manalapan-Englishtown?

12 inches on March 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 5.7 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 40.5 inches.

Q: How does the Manalapan-Englishtown snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Englishtown 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 Manalapan-Englishtown’s own big snow morning: 7.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 5.7 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 Manalapan-Englishtown, measured against Manalapan-Englishtown's own big snow morning of 7.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Manalapan-Englishtown close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Manalapan-Englishtown’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 Manalapan-Englishtown: 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 5.7 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 Manalapan-Englishtown

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Freehold Regional School DistrictEnglishtown	15.2 in	1
Monroe Township School DistrictMonroe Township	15.2 in	1
Freehold Township School DistrictFreehold	15.2 in	1
Marlboro Township School DistrictMarlboro	15.2 in	1
Old Bridge Township School DistrictMatawan	12.5 in	0.7
East Brunswick Township School DistrictEast Brunswick	22.2 in	1.3

The schools

8 schools

Every school in Manalapan-Englishtown follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

Middle

Manalapan-Englishtown Middle School, Manalapan
Pine Brook School, Manalapan

Elementary

Wemrock Brook School, Manalapan
Milford Brook School, Manalapan
Taylor Mills School, Manalapan
Clark Mills School, Manalapan
Lafayette Mills School, Manalapan

Other schools

John I. Dawes Early Learning Center, Manalapan

Questions

Manalapan-Englishtown snow day questions

How much snow does Englishtown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Manalapan-Englishtown?

How does the Manalapan-Englishtown 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

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.New Jersey winter forecastThe season ahead for New Jersey: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.