Monroe Township, New Jersey, 6,906 students in 8 schools

Monroe Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Monroe Township get?

About 15.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.5 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 Monroe Township School District?

12 inches on March 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.5 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 40.5 inches.

Q: How does the Monroe Township School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Monroe Township 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 Monroe Township School District’s own big snow morning: 7.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.5 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 Monroe Township School District, measured against Monroe Township School District's own big snow morning of 7.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Monroe Township School District close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Monroe Township School District’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 Monroe Township School District: 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 8.5 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 Monroe Township School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School DistrictEnglishtown	15.2 in	1
Freehold Regional School DistrictEnglishtown	15.2 in	1
East Brunswick Township School DistrictEast Brunswick	22.2 in	1.3
Marlboro Township School DistrictMarlboro	15.2 in	1
East Windsor Regional School DistrictHightstown	19.2 in	1.3
South Brunswick Township School DistrictNorth Brunswick	19.5 in	1.2

The schools

8 schools

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

High

Monroe Township High School

Middle

Monroe Township Middle School

Elementary

Oak Tree Elementary School
Mill Lake, Monroe Twp
Applegarth Elementary School, Monroe Twp
Brookside Elementary School
Barclay Brook School, Monroe Twp
Woodland School

Questions

Monroe Township School District snow day questions

How much snow does Monroe Township get?

What was the biggest snow day near Monroe Township School District?

How does the Monroe Township School District 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.