Oakhurst, New Jersey, 3,263 students in 5 schools

Ocean Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Oakhurst get?

About 16.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.3 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.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ocean Township School District?

11.5 inches on January 29, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.3 miles away in 8 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 39.2 inches.

Q: How does the Ocean Township School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Oakhurst 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 Ocean Township School District’s own big snow morning: 4.8 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.3 miles away.

Q: Can New Jersey schools hold a remote day instead?

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 odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Ocean Township School District, measured against Ocean Township School District's own big snow morning of 4.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ocean Township School District close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ocean Township School District’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 Ocean Township School District: 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 2.3 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 Ocean Township School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Long Branch City School DistrictLong Branch	16.5 in	0.9
Neptune Township School DistrictNeptune Twp	16.5 in	0.9
Wall Township School DistrictWall	16.1 in	0.6
Middletown Township School DistrictLeonardo	16.5 in	0.9
Brick Township School DistrictBrick	16.1 in	0.6
Howell Township School DistrictHowell Twp	16.1 in	0.6

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Ocean Township High School

Middle

Township of Ocean Intermediate School, Ocean

Elementary

Wayside Elementary School, Ocean
Ocean Township Elementary School
Wanamassa Elementary School, Wanamassa

Questions

Ocean Township School District snow day questions

How much snow does Oakhurst get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ocean Township School District?

How does the Ocean Township School District snow day predictor work?

How does New Jersey handle snow days?

Can New Jersey schools hold a remote day instead?

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.