Montclair, New Jersey, 6,192 students in 11 schools

Montclair Town School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Montclair get?

About 32.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.9 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 Montclair Town?

17.4 inches on March 7, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 65.6 inches.

Q: Does Montclair Town get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

Montclair Town 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 Montclair Town snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Montclair 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 Montclair Town’s own big snow morning: 5.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.9 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Montclair Town close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Montclair Town’s snow record

32.2inches 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 Montclair Town: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 53% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.8Nov

5.3Dec

7.4Jan

10.6Feb

7.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17.4 in on March 7, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 65.6 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 4.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.9 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 Montclair Town

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
West Orange Town School DistrictWest Orange	32.2 in	1.2
Bloomfield Township School DistrictBloomfield	23.4 in	1.4
Nutley Town School DistrictNutley	32.2 in	1.2
East Orange City School DistrictEast Orange	23.4 in	1.4
Orange City Township School DistrictOrange	23.4 in	1.4
Belleville Town School DistrictBelleville	23.4 in	1.4

The schools

11 schools

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

High

Montclair High School

Middle

Buzz Aldrin Middle School, Upper Montclair
Glenfield Middle School
Renaissance Middle School at the Rand Building

Elementary

Hillside Elementary School
Charles H. Bullock School
Nishuane Elementary School
Watchung Elementary School
Bradford Elementary School, Upper Montclair
Northeast Elementary School, Upper Montclair
Edgemont Elementary School

Questions

Montclair Town snow day questions

How much snow does Montclair get?

What was the biggest snow day near Montclair Town?

Does Montclair Town get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the Montclair Town snow day predictor work?

How does New Jersey handle snow days?

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.