Do you need a snowblower in Bel Air, MD?
The machine for a Bel Air driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Bel Air 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 Bel Air winter
- Snow a year
- 29 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 25
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Bel Air
- Oct0.3
- Nov0.7
- Dec4.4
- Jan8.7
- Feb9.9
- Mar4.3
- Apr0.5
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Bel Air
Bel Air is number 4 of 23 Maryland towns here for snowfall; Hagerstown gets the most at 33 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen, MD | 9 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Havre de Grace, MD | 12 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Baltimore, MD | 22 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Elkton, MD | 28 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Newark, DE | 33 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Middletown, DE | 34 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
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 NEW Park, 16.1 miles from Bel Air. 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.