Toms River Regional School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does Toms River have built in snow days?

Every closed day is made up in Toms River: on the 2026 to 2027 calendar a day lost to weather comes back later in the year. Taken from later days or added at the end of the year as early dismissal days from June 14.

Q: When is the last day of school for Toms River?

June 11, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Toms River get?

About 13.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away, averaged over 7 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 0.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.4 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Toms River?

12.5 inches on March 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away in 7 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 37.8 inches.

Q: How does the Toms River snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Toms River 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 Toms River’s own big snow morning: 3.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 8.2 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Toms River close tomorrow?

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

The Toms River playbook

How Toms River calls a snow day

Every closed day is made up

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar each day Toms River closes for weather comes back later in the year, as set out under making up a lost day.

“The above calendar reflects 180 student school days with no allowances for emergency school days.”

Source

Making up a lost day

Taken from later days or added at the end of the year as early dismissal days from June 14.

“If any emergency school days are needed, they will be deducted from subsequent days and/or added to the end of the year as early dismissal days beginning June 14.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 2, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
Last day June 11, 2027

District calendar

Read from Toms River’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is trschools.com.

Ten winters of school mornings

Toms River’s snow record

13.9inches of snow a winter

0.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.4with 4 in or more

3.7 ina big snow morning in Toms River: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0Nov

1.4Dec

6.6Jan

3Feb

2.9Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 12.5 in on March 22, 2018
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 37.8 in
6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
1 in mornings 2.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 8.2 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 Toms River

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Lacey Township School DistrictLanoka Harbor	13.9 in	0.4
Brick Township School DistrictBrick	16.1 in	0.6
Lakewood Township School DistrictLakewood	16.1 in	0.6
Howell Township School DistrictHowell Twp	16.1 in	0.6
Jackson Township School DistrictJackson	15.2 in	1
Wall Township School DistrictWall	16.1 in	0.6

The schools

18 schools

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

High

Toms River High School North
Toms River High School East
Toms River High School South

Middle

Toms River Intermediate School East
Toms River Intermediate School South, Beachwood
Toms River Intermediate School North

Elementary

Cedar Grove Elementary School
Walnut Street Elementary School
Hooper Avenue Elementary School
Silver Bay Elementary School
East Dover Elementary School
Joseph A. Citta Elementary School
Beachwood Elementary School, Beachwood
West Dover Elementary School
North Dover Elementary School
Pine Beach Elementary School, Pine Beach
Washington Street Elementary School
South Toms River Elementary School, South Toms River

Questions

Toms River snow day questions

Does Toms River have built in snow days?

When is the last day of school for Toms River?

How much snow does Toms River get?

What was the biggest snow day near Toms River?

How does the Toms River 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.