Do you need a snowblower in Clarksburg, WV?
What clears snow in Clarksburg
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Clarksburg, about 3.1 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 Clarksburg gets
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 26
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 3.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Clarksburg
- Nov0.7
- Dec3.8
- Jan7.9
- Feb7.8
- Mar3.5
- Apr0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Clarksburg and its neighbours
Clarksburg is number 6 of 13 West Virginia towns here for snowfall; Weirton gets the most at 44 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairmont, WV | 18 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Morgantown, WV | 34 | 14 in | A shovel is enough |
| Wheeling, WV | 58 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Marietta, OH | 59 | 22 in | A shovel is enough |
| Vienna, WV | 63 | 11 in | A shovel is enough |
| Washington, PA | 63 | 32 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 Clarksburg 1, 0.5 miles from Clarksburg. 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.