Morristown, New Jersey, 5,708 students in 10 schools

Morris Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Morristown get?

About 33.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 3.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Morris Township?

17.9 inches on March 8, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 68.7 inches.

Q: Does Morris Township get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

Morris Township averages 1.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Morris Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Morristown 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 Morris Township’s own big snow morning: 5.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Morris Township, measured against Morris Township's own big snow morning of 5.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Morris Township close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Morris Township’s snow record

33.3inches of snow a winter

3.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

5.5 ina big snow morning in Morris Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.9Nov

5.5Dec

7Jan

10.8Feb

8.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 17.9 in on March 8, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 68.7 in
6 in mornings 0.9 a winter
1 in mornings 5.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.2 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 Morris Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School DistrictParsippany	30.3 in	2.1
Randolph Township School DistrictRandolph	33.3 in	1.9
The Chathams School DistrictChatham	24.8 in	1.4
Dover Town School DistrictDover	33.3 in	1.9
Livingston Township School DistrictLivingston	24.8 in	1.4
Summit City School DistrictSummit	24.8 in	1.4

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Morristown High School

Middle

Frelinghuysen Middle School

Elementary

Normandy Park School
Sussex Avenue School
Alfred Vail School, Morris Plains
Thomas Jefferson School
Woodland School, Convent Station
Hillcrest School
Alexander Hamilton

Other schools

Lafayette Learning Center

Questions

Morris Township snow day questions

How much snow does Morristown get?

What was the biggest snow day near Morris Township?

Does Morris Township get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the Morris Township snow day predictor work?

How does New Jersey handle snow days?

More winter

More for New Jersey snow days

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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.