New Jersey snow day predictor
Off season - the 10 towns ranked by how much snow they get · Elizabeth averages 32 in a year, Camden 16 in
New Jersey towns, ranked
- Elizabethaverages 32 inches a year · moderate snow
- Bayonneaverages 32 inches a year · moderate snow
- Newarkaverages 28 inches a year · moderate snow
- Jersey Cityaverages 28 inches a year · moderate snow
- Patersonaverages 28 inches a year · moderate snow
- Cliftonaverages 28 inches a year · moderate snow
- East Orangeaverages 28 inches a year · moderate snow
- Passaicaverages 28 inches a year · moderate snow
- Trentonaverages 27 inches a year · moderate snow
- Camdenaverages 16 inches a year · occasional snow
How snow days work in New Jersey
There is no single New Jersey snow day threshold, which is why this page scores each town separately. Elizabeth averages 32 inches of snow a year against Camden’s 16, and a district that plans for the first amount does not close for weather that would shut the second one down.
Each score compares what the National Weather Service is forecasting against that town’s own NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normal, then adds weight for ice, wind and dangerous cold. Every number on this page links through to the full factor breakdown, because the reasoning is the part worth checking.
Sources: National Weather Service forecasts, one per town. Snowfall normals from NOAA’s 1991-2020 US Climate Normals. County lines from the US Census Bureau.