Do you need a snowblower in Ashtabula, OH?
Your answer for Ashtabula
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Ashtabula about once every 2 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.
How much snow Ashtabula gets
- Snow a year
- 90 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 6.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 67
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.5 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 11.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Ashtabula
- Oct0.4
- Nov8.4
- Dec20.8
- Jan29.6
- Feb15.8
- Mar12.5
- Apr2.4
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Ashtabula and its neighbours
Ashtabula is number 15 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conneaut, OH | 12 | 111 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Painesville, OH | 26 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Mentor, OH | 31 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Willoughby, OH | 36 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Eastlake, OH | 36 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Meadville, PA | 37 | 64 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 Dorset, 15.2 miles from Ashtabula. 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.