Do you need a snowblower in Chambersburg, PA?
The machine for a Chambersburg driveway
Gas single-stage
Chambersburg gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 4.0 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 Chambersburg gets
- Snow a year
- 31 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 31
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 4.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Chambersburg
- Nov1.0
- Dec5.5
- Jan10.0
- Feb8.0
- Mar6.0
- Apr0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Chambersburg and its neighbours
Chambersburg is number 31 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro, PA | 13 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hagerstown, MD | 21 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Carlisle, PA | 30 | 28 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Frederick, MD | 37 | 31 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hanover, PA | 37 | 28 in | Gas single-stage |
| Martinsburg, WV | 37 | 23 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 Chambersburg 1 ESE, 0.9 miles from Chambersburg. 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.