Do you need a snowblower in Delaware, OH?
The machine for a Delaware driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Delaware, 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.
A normal Delaware winter
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 38
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 Delaware
- Nov0.7
- Dec5.5
- Jan7.0
- Feb6.6
- Mar4.1
- Apr0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Delaware
Delaware is number 112 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell, OH | 8 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Dublin, OH | 13 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Worthington, OH | 13 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Westerville, OH | 14 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Marysville, OH | 15 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Upper Arlington, OH | 18 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Marysville, 12.0 miles from Delaware. 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.