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Do you need a snowblower in Essex Junction, VT?

Your answer for Essex Junction

Two-stage snowblower

A storm of 10 inches or more hits Essex Junction 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.

How much snow Essex Junction gets

Snow a year
86 in
Storms of 5 in or more
4.1 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 1 winters
Days with snow on the ground
101

Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.4 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 11.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Essex Junction

  1. Oct0.3
  2. Nov5.8
  3. Dec19.3
  4. Jan20.4
  5. Feb19.2
  6. Mar16.5
  7. Apr4.4

Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.

Essex Junction and its neighbours

Essex Junction is number 3 of 4 Vermont towns here for snowfall; Burlington gets the most at 88 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
South Burlington, VT588 inTwo-stage snowblower
Burlington, VT688 inTwo-stage snowblower
Plattsburgh, NY2250 inGas single-stage
Rutland, VT6175 inTwo-stage snowblower
Lebanon, NH7361 inTwo-stage snowblower
Claremont, NH8666 inTwo-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 Essex Junction 1 N, 1.2 miles from Essex Junction. 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.