Matawan, New Jersey, 7,976 students in 14 schools

Old Bridge Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Matawan get?

About 12.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Old Bridge Township?

10 inches on February 17, 2024, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.9 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 34.4 inches.

Q: How does the Old Bridge Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Matawan 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 Old Bridge Township’s own big snow morning: 5.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.9 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 Old Bridge Township, measured against Old Bridge Township's own big snow morning of 5.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Old Bridge Township close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Old Bridge Township’s snow record

12.5inches of snow a winter

1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.7with 4 in or more

5.9 ina big snow morning in Old Bridge Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.3Nov

1.6Dec

2.9Jan

7.1Feb

0.6Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 10 in on February 17, 2024
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 34.4 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 2.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.9 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 Old Bridge Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Matawan-Aberdeen Regional School DistrictAberdeen	12.5 in	0.7
Sayreville Borough School DistrictParlin	12.5 in	0.7
Marlboro Township School DistrictMarlboro	15.2 in	1
East Brunswick Township School DistrictEast Brunswick	22.2 in	1.3
Perth Amboy City School DistrictPerth Amboy	12.5 in	0.7
Freehold Regional School DistrictEnglishtown	15.2 in	1

The schools

14 schools

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

High

Old Bridge High School

Middle

Carl Sandburg Middle School, Old Bridge
Jonas Salk Middle School, Old Bridge

Elementary

James A. McDivitt Elementary School, Old Bridge
Raymond E. Voorhees Elementary School, Old Bridge
Memorial Elementary School, Laurence Harbor
William A. Miller Elementary School, Old Bridge
Madison Park Elementary School, Parlin
Alan B. Shepard Elementary School, Old Bridge
Walter M. Schirra Elementary School, Old Bridge
Southwood Elementary School, Old Bridge
Leroy Gordon Cooper Elementary School, Cliffwood Beach
M. Scott Carpenter Elementary School, Old Bridge
Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School, Old Bridge

Questions

Old Bridge Township snow day questions

How much snow does Matawan get?

What was the biggest snow day near Old Bridge Township?

How does the Old Bridge Township 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.