Do you need a snowblower in Easton, PA?
Your answer for Easton
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Easton about once every 1 winters. 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 Easton winter
- Snow a year
- 41 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 42
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 5.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Easton
- Oct0.6
- Nov1.7
- Dec6.4
- Jan10.5
- Feb12.1
- Mar8.5
- Apr1.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Easton and its neighbours
Easton is number 16 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillipsburg, NJ | 2 | 41 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Bethlehem, PA | 9 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Northampton, PA | 14 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Allentown, PA | 15 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Emmaus, PA | 18 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hackettstown, NJ | 24 | 30 in | Gas single-stage |
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 Springtown 1 NNE, 8.5 miles from Easton. 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.