Flanders, New Jersey, 4,824 students in 6 schools

Mount Olive Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Flanders get?

About 32.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.1 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 Mount Olive Township?

19.5 inches on February 2, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 60.2 inches.

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

Mount Olive 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 Mount Olive Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Flanders 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 Mount Olive Township’s own big snow morning: 4.5 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Mount Olive Township, measured against Mount Olive Township's own big snow morning of 4.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Mount Olive Township close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Mount Olive Township’s snow record

32.5inches of snow a winter

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

1.9with 4 in or more

4.5 ina big snow morning in Mount Olive 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.

1Nov

5.6Dec

7.7Jan

10.8Feb

6.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 19.5 in on February 2, 2021
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 60.2 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 6.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.1 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.

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 Mount Olive Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Roxbury Township School DistrictSuccasunna	33.3 in	1.9
Randolph Township School DistrictRandolph	33.3 in	1.9
Dover Town School DistrictDover	33.3 in	1.9
Morris Township School DistrictMorristown	33.3 in	1.9
Bernards Township School DistrictBasking Ridge	24.2 in	1.4
Sparta Township School DistrictSparta	38.3 in	1.4

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Mount Olive High School

Middle

Mount Olive Middle School, Budd Lake

Elementary

Chester M. Stephens Elementary School, Budd Lake
Mountain View Elementary School
Tinc Rd. Elementary School
Sandshore Rd. Elementary School, Budd Lake

Questions

Mount Olive Township snow day questions

How much snow does Flanders get?

What was the biggest snow day near Mount Olive Township?

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

How does the Mount Olive 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.