Do you need a snowblower in Beacon, NY?
Your answer for Beacon
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Beacon 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.
A normal Beacon winter
- Snow a year
- 36 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 58
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 4.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Beacon
- Nov0.5
- Dec7.0
- Jan11.1
- Feb7.1
- Mar9.6
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Beacon
Beacon is number 53 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newburgh, NY | 3 | 44 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Poughkeepsie, NY | 13 | 59 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Woodbury, NY | 14 | 36 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Peekskill, NY | 15 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | 15 | 36 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| West Haverstraw, NY | 21 | 40 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 West Point, 7.8 miles from Beacon. 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.