Do you need a snowblower in Augusta, ME?
The machine for a Augusta driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Augusta 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 Augusta winter
- Snow a year
- 69 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 91
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.9 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 9.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Augusta
- Oct0.2
- Nov2.3
- Dec13.3
- Jan17.6
- Feb20.0
- Mar12.7
- Apr2.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Augusta and its neighbours
Augusta is number 4 of 11 Maine towns here for snowfall; Waterville gets the most at 86 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterville, ME | 15 | 86 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lewiston, ME | 28 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Auburn, ME | 31 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Westbrook, ME | 53 | 69 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Portland, ME | 53 | 69 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| South Portland, ME | 56 | 69 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 Gardiner, 8.4 miles from Augusta. 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.