Do you need a snowblower in Bloomsburg, PA?
Your answer for Bloomsburg
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Bloomsburg 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.
How much snow Bloomsburg gets
- Snow a year
- 29 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 40
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 Bloomsburg
- Oct0.2
- Nov0.4
- Dec4.0
- Jan10.1
- Feb7.3
- Mar5.9
- Apr0.7
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Bloomsburg and its neighbours
Bloomsburg is number 34 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berwick, PA | 11 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hazleton, PA | 26 | 42 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Pottsville, PA | 26 | 48 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Nanticoke, PA | 27 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Williamsport, PA | 34 | 33 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Wilkes-Barre, PA | 35 | 45 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 Danville, 8.9 miles from Bloomsburg. 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.