Do you need a snowblower in Bristol, CT?
Your answer for Bristol
Gas single-stage
Bristol gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.0 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.
How much snow Bristol gets
- Snow a year
- 39 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
- 42
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 5.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Bristol
- Oct0.6
- Nov0.8
- Dec8.3
- Jan11.1
- Feb11.8
- Mar5.5
- Apr0.5
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Bristol
Bristol is number 7 of 21 Connecticut towns here for snowfall; Torrington gets the most at 59 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Britain, CT | 8 | 39 in | Gas single-stage |
| Waterbury, CT | 10 | 47 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Meriden, CT | 13 | 39 in | Gas single-stage |
| Torrington, CT | 14 | 59 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Naugatuck, CT | 15 | 47 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hartford, CT | 15 | 52 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 Burlington, 7.8 miles from Bristol. 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.