Do you need a snowblower in Babylon, NY?
What clears snow in Babylon
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Babylon 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.
What a Babylon winter brings
- Snow a year
- 32 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 23
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 4.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Babylon
- Nov0.5
- Dec4.5
- Jan10.3
- Feb9.4
- Mar6.5
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Babylon and its neighbours
Babylon is number 72 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindenhurst, NY | 2 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Massapequa Park, NY | 7 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Freeport, NY | 14 | 26 in | Gas single-stage |
| Westbury, NY | 15 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Hempstead, NY | 15 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Lake Grove, NY | 16 | 32 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 Islip Li Macarthur Airport, 13.6 miles from Babylon. 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.