Maplewood, New Jersey, 7,047 students in 10 schools

South Orange-Maplewood School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Maplewood get?

About 23.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 6 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 South Orange-Maplewood?

14 inches on February 23, 2026, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 6 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 44.5 inches.

Q: Does South Orange-Maplewood get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

South Orange-Maplewood 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 South Orange-Maplewood snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Maplewood 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 South Orange-Maplewood’s own big snow morning: 5.9 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 6 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will South Orange-Maplewood close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

South Orange-Maplewood’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 South Orange-Maplewood: 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 6 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 South Orange-Maplewood

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Orange City Township School DistrictOrange	23.4 in	1.4
Irvington Township School DistrictIrvington	23.4 in	1.4
Union Township School DistrictUnion	24.2 in	1.2
Millburn Township School DistrictMillburn	24.8 in	1.4
Hillside Township School DistrictHillside	24.2 in	1.2
East Orange City School DistrictEast Orange	23.4 in	1.4

The schools

10 schools

Every school in South Orange-Maplewood follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Columbia High School

Middle

South Orange Middle School, S Orange
Maplewood Middle School

Elementary

South Mountain Elementary School, S Orange
Clinton Elementary School
Tuscan Elementary School
Marshall Elementary School, S Orange
Delia Bolden Elementary School
Seth Boyden Elementary Demonstration School

Other schools

Montrose Early Childhood Center, South Orange

Questions

South Orange-Maplewood snow day questions

How much snow does Maplewood get?

What was the biggest snow day near South Orange-Maplewood?

Does South Orange-Maplewood get more snow days than other New Jersey districts?

How does the South Orange-Maplewood 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.