Neptune Twp, New Jersey, 3,411 students in 7 schools
Neptune Township School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Neptune Township, measured against Neptune Township's own big snow morning of 4.8 inches.
The next three school mornings
Will Neptune Township close tomorrow?
Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Neptune Twp.
Ten winters of school mornings
Neptune Township’s snow record
16.5inches of snow a winter
2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.9with 4 in or more
4.8 ina big snow morning in Neptune Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0Nov
2.5Dec
5.8Jan
7.7Feb
0.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
Biggest day 11.5 in on January 29, 2022
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 39.2 in
6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
1 in mornings 3.1 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.1 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.
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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.
Every school in Neptune Township follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
Neptune High School, Neptune
Middle
Neptune Middle School, Neptune
Elementary
Midtown Community Elementary School, Neptune
Summerfield Elementary School, Neptune
Green Grove Elementary School, Neptune
Gables Elementary School, Neptune
Shark River Hills Elementary School, Neptune
Questions
Neptune Township snow day questions
About 16.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away, averaged over 8 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.
11.5 inches on January 29, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 39.2 inches.
It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Neptune Twp 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 Neptune Township’s own big snow morning: 4.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6.1 miles away.
New Jersey requires at least 180 days of school, or the district loses state aid.
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 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.
