Do you need a snowblower in Amherst, OH?
What clears snow in Amherst
Gas single-stage
Amherst gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.1 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
A normal Amherst winter
- Snow a year
- 47 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 52
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 Amherst
- Nov1.4
- Dec8.5
- Jan14.4
- Feb12.4
- Mar8.4
- Apr1.9
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Amherst
Amherst is number 54 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorain, OH | 4 | 44 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Vermilion, OH | 4 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Elyria, OH | 7 | 44 in | Cordless single-stage |
| North Ridgeville, OH | 11 | 44 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Avon, OH | 12 | 44 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Avon Lake, OH | 13 | 44 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 Oberlin, 8.7 miles from Amherst. 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.