Do you need a snowblower in Amesbury, MA?
Your answer for Amesbury
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Amesbury about once every 1 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
A normal Amesbury winter
- Snow a year
- 62 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 61
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.7 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 8.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Amesbury
- Oct0.1
- Nov1.4
- Dec11.1
- Jan18.0
- Feb16.1
- Mar13.4
- Apr1.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Amesbury
Amesbury is number 11 of 58 Massachusetts towns here for snowfall; North Adams gets the most at 85 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newburyport, MA | 4 | 62 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Haverhill, MA | 8 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Methuen, MA | 14 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lawrence, MA | 15 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Portsmouth, NH | 17 | 56 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Gloucester, MA | 21 | 51 in | Two-stage snowblower |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Newburyport, 2.4 miles from Amesbury. 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.