Union City, New Jersey, 12,797 students in 14 schools

Union City School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Union City School District?

June 22, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Union City get?

About 21.9 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 1.4 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 0.9 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Union City School District?

14.8 inches on February 1, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2025 to 2026, with 43.4 inches.

Q: How does the Union City School District snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Union City 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 Union City School District’s own big snow morning: 6.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.2 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Union City School District, measured against Union City School District's own big snow morning of 6.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Union City School District close tomorrow?

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

The Union City School District playbook

How Union City School District calls a snow day

How families hear

“The chief school administrator is authorized by the board to close the schools, open them late or dismiss them early in hazardous weather or in other extraordinary circumstances that might endanger the health or safety of pupils or school employees.”

Parent & Guardian Reference Manual: Emergency Closings and Delayed Openings

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day September 10, 2026
Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
Last day June 22, 2027

District calendar

Read from Union City School District’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is ucboe.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Union City School District’s snow record

21.9inches of snow a winter

1.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

0.9with 4 in or more

6.4 ina big snow morning in Union City School District: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

0.6Nov

3.4Dec

5.9Jan

8.2Feb

3.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 14.8 in on February 1, 2021
Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 43.4 in
6 in mornings 0.7 a winter
1 in mornings 3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.2 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 Union City School District

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
West New York Town School DistrictWest New York	21.9 in	0.9
North Bergen Township School DistrictNorth Bergen	21.9 in	0.9
Hoboken City School DistrictHoboken	21.9 in	0.9
Cliffside Park Borough School DistrictCliffside Park	21.9 in	0.9
Jersey City School DistrictJersey City	23.4 in	1.4	4
Kearny Town School DistrictKearny	23.4 in	1.4

The schools

14 schools

Every school in Union City School District follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

Union City High School
Jose Marti STEM Academy

Middle

Emerson Middle School
Union Hill Middle School

Elementary

Robert Waters Elementary School
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School
Thomas A Edison Elementary School
George Washington Elementary School
Colin Powell Elementary School
Veterans' Memorial Elementary School
Sara M. Gilmore Academy
Jefferson Elementary School
Hudson Elementary School

Other schools

Eugenio Maria de Hostos Center for Early Childhood Education

Questions

Union City School District snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Union City School District?

How much snow does Union City get?

What was the biggest snow day near Union City School District?

How does the Union City School District 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.