Do you need a snowblower in Berwick, PA?
What clears snow in Berwick
Gas single-stage
Berwick gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 4.6 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
A normal Berwick winter
- Snow a year
- 36 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 52
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 Berwick
- Oct0.2
- Nov1.1
- Dec6.6
- Jan10.7
- Feb10.2
- Mar6.0
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Berwick and its neighbours
Berwick is number 19 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg, PA | 11 | 29 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hazleton, PA | 16 | 42 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Nanticoke, PA | 16 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Wilkes-Barre, PA | 24 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Kingston, PA | 24 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Pottsville, PA | 26 | 48 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Shickshinny 3 N, 10.3 miles from Berwick. 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.