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Do you need a snowblower in Berea, OH?

Your answer for Berea

Two-stage snowblower

Berea averages 64 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.

Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.

How much snow Berea gets

Snow a year
64 in
Storms of 5 in or more
2.5 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 5 winters
Days with snow on the ground
52

Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.8 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 8.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Berea

  1. Oct0.1
  2. Nov4.5
  3. Dec12.2
  4. Jan18.4
  5. Feb15.1
  6. Mar10.8
  7. Apr2.7

Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.

Towns near Berea

Berea is number 36 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Middleburg Heights, OH364 inTwo-stage snowblower
Brook Park, OH364 inTwo-stage snowblower
Strongsville, OH465 inTwo-stage snowblower
North Olmsted, OH464 inTwo-stage snowblower
Fairview Park, OH564 inTwo-stage snowblower
Parma Heights, OH564 inTwo-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 Cleveland, 2.9 miles from Berea. 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.