Sparta, New Jersey, 3,337 students in 5 schools

Sparta Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Sparta get?

About 38.3 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4 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 Sparta Township?

22 inches on February 2, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2020 to 2021, with 63.7 inches.

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

Sparta 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 Sparta Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Sparta 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 Sparta Township’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 2.4 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Sparta Township, measured against Sparta Township's own big snow morning of 4.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Sparta Township close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Sparta Township’s snow record

38.3inches of snow a winter

4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

1.4with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Sparta Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

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

1.4Nov

8.8Dec

9.4Jan

13.7Feb

3.8Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 22 in on February 2, 2021
Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 63.7 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 7.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.4 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 Sparta Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Roxbury Township School DistrictSuccasunna	33.3 in	1.9
Dover Town School DistrictDover	33.3 in	1.9
Randolph Township School DistrictRandolph	33.3 in	1.9
Mount Olive Township School DistrictFlanders	32.5 in	1.9
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township School DistrictParsippany	30.3 in	2.1
Montville Township School DistrictMontville	14.4 in	1

The schools

5 schools

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

High

Sparta High School

Middle

Sparta Middle School

Elementary

Alpine Elementary School
Helen Morgan School
Mohawk Avenue School

Questions

Sparta Township snow day questions

How much snow does Sparta get?

What was the biggest snow day near Sparta Township?

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

How does the Sparta Township 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.