Wayne, New Jersey, 7,816 students in 15 schools

Wayne Township School District Snow Day Predictor

Q: How much snow does Wayne get?

About 28 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 3.5 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 Wayne Township?

12.3 inches on February 2, 2021, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 3.5 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 51.5 inches.

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

Wayne Township 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 Wayne Township snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Wayne 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 Wayne Township’s own big snow morning: 5.7 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 3.5 miles away.

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

The next three school mornings

Will Wayne Township close tomorrow?

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Wayne Township’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 Wayne Township: 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 3.5 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 Wayne Township

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Paterson City School DistrictPaterson	28 in	1.9	4
Clifton City School DistrictClifton	28 in	1.9
Fair Lawn Borough School DistrictFair Lawn	28 in	1.9
Garfield City School DistrictGarfield	28 in	1.9
Ridgewood Village School DistrictRidgewood	28 in	1.9
Passaic City School DistrictPassaic	28 in	1.9

The schools

15 schools

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

High

Wayne Valley High School
Wayne Hills High School

Middle

Anthony Wayne Middle School
Schuyler Colfax Middle School
George Washington Middle School

Elementary

Theunis Dey Elementary School
Packanack Elementary School
Pines Lake Elementary School
John F. Kennedy Elementary School
James Fallon Elementary School
Albert Payson Terhune Elementary
Lafayette Elementary School
Randall Carter Elementary School
Ryerson Elementary School

Other schools

Preakness Early Childhood Center

Questions

Wayne Township snow day questions

How much snow does Wayne get?

What was the biggest snow day near Wayne Township?

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

How does the Wayne Township 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.