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Do you need a snowblower in Broadview Heights, OH?

The machine for a Broadview Heights driveway

Two-stage snowblower

Broadview Heights averages 65 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.

A normal Broadview Heights winter

Snow a year
65 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.9 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
almost never
Days with snow on the ground
60

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 8.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Broadview Heights

  1. Nov3.5
  2. Dec12.4
  3. Jan18.4
  4. Feb18.9
  5. Mar9.2
  6. Apr2.9
  7. May0.1

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

Broadview Heights and its neighbours

Broadview Heights is number 21 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Brecksville, OH365 inTwo-stage snowblower
North Royalton, OH465 inTwo-stage snowblower
Seven Hills, OH464 inTwo-stage snowblower
Parma, OH564 inTwo-stage snowblower
Parma Heights, OH664 inTwo-stage snowblower
Middleburg Heights, OH864 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 Brunswick 0.5 NE, 8.4 miles from Broadview Heights. 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.