Do you need a snowblower in Akron, OH?
What clears snow in Akron
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Akron, about 6.1 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
What a Akron winter brings
- Snow a year
- 47 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 46
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 times what a typical snowy US city gets. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 6.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Akron
- Oct0.3
- Nov3.3
- Dec8.9
- Jan13.4
- Feb12.0
- Mar7.6
- Apr1.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Akron and its neighbours
Akron is number 49 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallmadge, OH | 5 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Barberton, OH | 7 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Cuyahoga Falls, OH | 7 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Norton, OH | 7 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Stow, OH | 8 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Green, OH | 9 | 47 in | Cordless single-stage |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Snowblowers on a gravel driveway and Single-stage or two-stage.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Akron Canton Regional Airport, 12.2 miles from Akron. A normal winter, not this winter's forecast. Snow is weighed at 6.24 pounds a cubic foot, fresh and fairly dry; wet spring snow can weigh three times that.