Do you need a snowblower in Batavia, NY?
The machine for a Batavia driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Batavia 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 Batavia winter
- Snow a year
- 74 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 66
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.1 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 9.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Batavia
- Oct0.4
- Nov5.8
- Dec13.0
- Jan23.0
- Feb18.6
- Mar11.4
- Apr1.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Batavia and its neighbours
Batavia is number 24 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster, NY | 26 | 95 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Depew, NY | 27 | 95 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lockport, NY | 29 | 80 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Rochester, NY | 31 | 102 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Kenmore, NY | 35 | 80 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| North Tonawanda, NY | 35 | 80 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 Batavia, 2.2 miles from Batavia. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.