Do you need a snowblower in Burlington, NJ?
The machine for a Burlington driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Burlington about once every 1 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.
What a Burlington winter brings
- Snow a year
- 25 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 22
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Burlington
- Oct0.1
- Nov0.5
- Dec3.8
- Jan8.4
- Feb6.1
- Mar5.9
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Burlington and its neighbours
Burlington is number 76 of 116 New Jersey towns here for snowfall; Phillipsburg gets the most at 41 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton, NJ | 11 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Philadelphia, PA | 16 | 16 in | A shovel is enough |
| Haddonfield, NJ | 16 | 22 in | A shovel is enough |
| Collingswood, NJ | 16 | 22 in | A shovel is enough |
| Camden, NJ | 17 | 16 in | A shovel is enough |
| Gloucester City, NJ | 19 | 22 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Philadelphia/Mt Holly Wfo, 4.9 miles from Burlington. 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.