Do you need a snowblower in Avon Lake, OH?
What clears snow in Avon Lake
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Avon Lake, about 5.7 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
How much snow Avon Lake gets
- Snow a year
- 44 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 42
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.2 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 5.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Avon Lake
- Nov2.2
- Dec8.8
- Jan12.9
- Feb10.2
- Mar7.6
- Apr1.9
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Avon Lake and its neighbours
Avon Lake is number 67 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon, OH | 3 | 44 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Bay Village, OH | 5 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Westlake, OH | 5 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| North Olmsted, OH | 7 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| North Ridgeville, OH | 7 | 44 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Rocky River, OH | 9 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Elyria 3 E, 8.1 miles from Avon Lake. 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.