Plainfield, New Jersey, 10,436 students in 15 schools

Plainfield City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Plainfield get?

About 11.8 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 7.3 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.3 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Plainfield?

12 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 7.3 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 26.5 inches.

Q: How does the Plainfield snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Plainfield 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 Plainfield’s own big snow morning: 3.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 7.3 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 Plainfield, measured against Plainfield's own big snow morning of 3.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Plainfield close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Plainfield’s snow record

11.8inches of snow a winter

1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.3with 4 in or more

3.4 ina big snow morning in Plainfield: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0.5Nov

2.5Dec

3.4Jan

3.3Feb

2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12 in on February 23, 2026
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 26.5 in
6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
1 in mornings 2.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.3 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 Plainfield

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
North Plainfield Borough School DistrictNorth Plainfield	24.8 in	1.4
South Plainfield Borough School DistrictSouth Plainfield	22.4 in	1.3
Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School DistrictScotch Plains	24.8 in	1.4
Piscataway Township School DistrictPiscataway	22.4 in	1.3
Westfield Town School DistrictWestfield	24.8 in	1.4
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School DistrictMartinsville	11.8 in	0.3

The schools

15 schools

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

High

Plainfield High School
Plainfield Academy For The Arts & Advanced Studies
Pinnacle Academy High School

Middle

Maxson Middle School
Hubbard Middle School

Elementary

Charles and Anna Booker Elementary School
Cedarbrook Elementary School
Washington Community School
Emerson Community School
Evergreen Elementary School
Dewitt D. Barlow Elementary School
Jefferson Elementary School
Clinton Elementary School
Charles H. Stillman Elementary School
Frederic W. Cook Elementary School

Questions

Plainfield snow day questions

How much snow does Plainfield get?

What was the biggest snow day near Plainfield?

How does the Plainfield 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.