Do you need a snowblower in Auburn, NY?
Your answer for Auburn
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Auburn about once a winter. 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 Auburn winter
- Snow a year
- 109 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 85
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 3.0 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 14.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Auburn
- Oct0.4
- Nov8.8
- Dec24.7
- Jan29.1
- Feb25.9
- Mar17.2
- Apr3.1
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Auburn
Auburn is number 8 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geneva, NY | 22 | 57 in | Gas single-stage |
| Syracuse, NY | 23 | 128 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Fulton, NY | 28 | 159 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Cortland, NY | 30 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Ithaca, NY | 34 | 63 in | Gas single-stage |
| Canandaigua, NY | 36 | 57 in | Gas single-stage |
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 Auburn, 1.1 miles from Auburn. 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.