Do you need a snowblower in Bellefontaine, OH?
Your answer for Bellefontaine
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Bellefontaine, about 3.4 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 Bellefontaine gets
- Snow a year
- 26 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 38
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Bellefontaine
- Oct0.1
- Nov0.7
- Dec3.5
- Jan9.3
- Feb7.4
- Mar4.5
- Apr0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine is number 104 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbana, OH | 18 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Sidney, OH | 22 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Marysville, OH | 24 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Piqua, OH | 29 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Springfield, OH | 30 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Lima, OH | 32 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Kenton, 21.4 miles from Bellefontaine. 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.