Do you need a snowblower in Findlay, OH?
What clears snow in Findlay
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Findlay, 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.
What a Findlay winter brings
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 36
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 Findlay
- Oct0.2
- Nov1.4
- Dec4.6
- Jan8.1
- Feb4.3
- Mar4.3
- Apr0.9
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Findlay and its neighbours
Findlay is number 115 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fostoria, OH | 14 | 30 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Bowling Green, OH | 23 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Tiffin, OH | 24 | 30 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Lima, OH | 33 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Perrysburg, OH | 34 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Fremont, OH | 35 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
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 Findlay Wpcc, 1.3 miles from Findlay. 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.