Do you need a snowblower in Butler, PA?
The machine for a Butler driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Butler, about 4.5 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
How much snow Butler gets
- Snow a year
- 35 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 53
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 4.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Butler
- Oct0.1
- Nov1.1
- Dec6.8
- Jan11.3
- Feb9.7
- Mar5.3
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Butler and its neighbours
Butler is number 20 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Kensington, PA | 21 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Lower Burrell, PA | 21 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Franklin Park, PA | 21 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| New Castle, PA | 25 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Plum, PA | 26 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Wilkinsburg, PA | 29 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
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 Butler 2 SW, 1.7 miles from Butler. 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.