Ridgewood, New Jersey, 5,544 students in 10 schools

Ridgewood Village School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Ridgewood get?

About 28 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 9.1 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 2.5 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 1.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Ridgewood Village?

12.3 inches on February 2, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 9.1 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 51.5 inches.

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

Ridgewood Village averages 1.9 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 83 percent of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Ridgewood Village snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Ridgewood 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 Ridgewood Village’s own big snow morning: 5.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 9.1 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Ridgewood Village, measured against Ridgewood Village's own big snow morning of 5.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Ridgewood Village close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Ridgewood Village’s snow record

28inches of snow a winter

2.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.9with 4 in or more

5.7 ina big snow morning in Ridgewood Village: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 486 New Jersey districts with a station record.

0.8Nov

4.4Dec

6.4Jan

10.4Feb

5.3Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.3 in on February 2, 2021
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 51.5 in
6 in mornings 0.8 a winter
1 in mornings 4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.1 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 Ridgewood Village

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Fair Lawn Borough School DistrictFair Lawn	28 in	1.9
Paramus Borough School DistrictParamus	28 in	1.9
Paterson City School DistrictPaterson	28 in	1.9	4
Bergenfield Borough School DistrictBergenfield	21.9 in	0.9
Garfield City School DistrictGarfield	28 in	1.9
Hackensack City School DistrictHackensack	21.9 in	0.9

The schools

10 schools

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

High

Ridgewood High School

Middle

George Washington Middle School
Benjamin Franklin Middle School

Elementary

Willard Elementary School
Ridge Elementary School
Somerville Elementary School
Hawes Elementary School
Orchard Elementary School
Travell Elementary School

Other schools

Glen School

Questions

Ridgewood Village snow day questions

How much snow does Ridgewood get?

What was the biggest snow day near Ridgewood Village?

Does Ridgewood Village get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the Ridgewood Village snow day predictor work?

How does New Jersey handle snow days?

More winter

More for New Jersey snow days

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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.