Do you need a snowblower in Claremont, NH?
The machine for a Claremont driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Claremont about once a winter. 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 Claremont winter
- Snow a year
- 66 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 104
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 8.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Claremont
- Oct0.5
- Nov2.8
- Dec14.9
- Jan15.2
- Feb16.7
- Mar12.7
- Apr3.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Claremont and its neighbours
Claremont is number 2 of 11 New Hampshire towns here for snowfall; Concord gets the most at 68 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebanon, NH | 18 | 61 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Keene, NH | 30 | 60 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Rutland, VT | 36 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Concord, NH | 40 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Laconia, NH | 45 | 62 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Manchester, NH | 53 | 53 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 Newport, 7.7 miles from Claremont. 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.