New Brunswick, New Jersey, 9,443 students in 12 schools

New Brunswick City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does New Brunswick get?

About 22.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near New Brunswick?

16 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 44.5 inches.

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

New Brunswick averages 1.3 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 61 percent of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

Q: How does the New Brunswick snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for New Brunswick 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 New Brunswick’s own big snow morning: 5.3 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in New Brunswick, measured against New Brunswick's own big snow morning of 5.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will New Brunswick close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

New Brunswick’s snow record

22.4inches of snow a winter

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

1.3with 4 in or more

5.3 ina big snow morning in New Brunswick: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 61% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.5Nov

3.3Dec

5.6Jan

8.7Feb

4.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 16 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 44.5 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 3.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 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 New Brunswick

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Brunswick Township School DistrictNorth Brunswick	22.2 in	1.3
Piscataway Township School DistrictPiscataway	22.4 in	1.3
Franklin Township School DistrictSomerset	19.5 in	1.2
South Brunswick Township School DistrictNorth Brunswick	19.5 in	1.2
South Plainfield Borough School DistrictSouth Plainfield	22.4 in	1.3
East Brunswick Township School DistrictEast Brunswick	22.2 in	1.3

The schools

12 schools

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

High

New Brunswick High School
New Brunswick Adult High School

Middle

New Brunswick Middle School

Elementary

Blanquita B. Valenti Community School
A Chester Redshaw School
Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts
Roosevelt Elementary School
Mckinley Community School
Lord Stirling Elementary School
Lincoln Elementary School
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School
Livingston Elementary School

Questions

New Brunswick snow day questions

How much snow does New Brunswick get?

What was the biggest snow day near New Brunswick?

Does New Brunswick get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the New Brunswick 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.