Orange, New Jersey, 5,918 students in 12 schools

Orange City Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Orange get?

About 23.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.3 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Orange City Township?

14 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 44.5 inches.

Q: Does Orange City Township get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

Orange City Township averages 1.4 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 66 percent of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Orange City Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Orange 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 Orange City Township’s own big snow morning: 5.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 4.9 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Orange City Township, measured against Orange City Township's own big snow morning of 5.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Orange City Township close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Orange City Township’s snow record

23.4inches of snow a winter

2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

5.9 ina big snow morning in Orange City Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 66% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.6Nov

3.9Dec

5.8Jan

8.8Feb

3.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 44.5 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 4.2 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.9 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 Orange City Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
West Orange Town School DistrictWest Orange	32.2 in	1.2
South Orange-Maplewood School DistrictMaplewood	23.4 in	1.4
Irvington Township School DistrictIrvington	23.4 in	1.4
East Orange City School DistrictEast Orange	23.4 in	1.4
Bloomfield Township School DistrictBloomfield	23.4 in	1.4
Montclair Town School DistrictMontclair	32.2 in	1.2

The schools

12 schools

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

High

Orange High School
STEM Innovation Academy of the Oranges, South Orange

Middle

Rosa Parks Community School
Orange Preparatory Academy School of Inquiry and Innovation

Elementary

Lincoln Avenue Elementary School
Park Avenue Elementary School
Forest Street Community Elementary School
Heywood Avenue Elementary School
Central Elementary School
Cleveland Street Elementary School
Oakwood Avenue Community School

Other schools

Orange Early Childhood Center

Questions

Orange City Township snow day questions

How much snow does Orange get?

What was the biggest snow day near Orange City Township?

Does Orange City Township get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the Orange City Township 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.