Rahway, New Jersey, 4,275 students in 6 schools

Rahway City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Rahway get?

About 24.2 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.6 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.2 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Rahway?

15.1 inches on February 1, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 51.2 inches.

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

Rahway averages 1.2 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 53 percent of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Rahway snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Rahway 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 Rahway’s own big snow morning: 5.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Rahway, measured against Rahway's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Rahway close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Rahway’s snow record

24.2inches of snow a winter

1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.2with 4 in or more

5.4 ina big snow morning in Rahway: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 53% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.7Nov

3.9Dec

6.4Jan

9.3Feb

3.4Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 15.1 in on February 1, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 51.2 in
6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
1 in mornings 3.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.1 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 Rahway

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Linden City School DistrictLinden	24.2 in	1.2
Cranford Township School DistrictCranford	24.2 in	1.2
Roselle Borough School DistrictRoselle	24.2 in	1.2
Westfield Town School DistrictWestfield	24.8 in	1.4
Woodbridge Township School DistrictWoodbridge	12.5 in	0.7	3
Carteret Borough School DistrictCarteret	24.2 in	1.2

The schools

6 schools

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

High

Rahway High School

Middle

Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy

Elementary

Franklin Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School
Grover Cleveland Elementary School
Madison Elementary School

Questions

Rahway snow day questions

How much snow does Rahway get?

What was the biggest snow day near Rahway?

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

How does the Rahway 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.