Do you need a snowblower in Chestnut Ridge, NY?
What clears snow in Chestnut Ridge
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Chestnut Ridge about once every 2 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.
A normal Chestnut Ridge winter
- Snow a year
- 33 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 39
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 4.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Chestnut Ridge
- Nov0.3
- Dec5.6
- Jan9.4
- Feb10.9
- Mar5.8
- Apr0.7
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Chestnut Ridge and its neighbours
Chestnut Ridge is number 69 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley, NY | 2 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Airmont, NY | 3 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Suffern, NY | 5 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hillsdale, NJ | 5 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Ramsey, NJ | 5 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Waldwick, NJ | 6 | 33 in | Two-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 Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley, 12.4 miles from Chestnut Ridge. 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.