Do you need a snowblower in Dublin, OH?
What clears snow in Dublin
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Dublin, 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 Dublin gets
- 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 Dublin
- 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 Dublin
Dublin is number 111 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell, OH | 5 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Hilliard, OH | 5 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Worthington, OH | 7 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Upper Arlington, OH | 7 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Columbus, OH | 12 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Westerville, OH | 12 | 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, 8.5 miles from Dublin. 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.