Do you need a snowblower in Eastlake, OH?
The machine for a Eastlake driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Eastlake 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 Eastlake winter
- Snow a year
- 114 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 7.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 82
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 3.2 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 14.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Eastlake
- Oct0.6
- Nov9.3
- Dec25.5
- Jan34.4
- Feb23.4
- Mar16.5
- Apr4.0
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Eastlake and its neighbours
Eastlake is number 8 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willoughby, OH | 1 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Willowick, OH | 3 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Wickliffe, OH | 4 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Mentor, OH | 5 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Euclid, OH | 6 | 114 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Richmond Heights, OH | 8 | 114 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 Chardon, 13.2 miles from Eastlake. 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.