Do you need a snowblower in Fostoria, OH?
The machine for a Fostoria driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Fostoria, about 3.8 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 Fostoria gets
- Snow a year
- 30 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 45
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Fostoria
- Nov0.9
- Dec6.9
- Jan9.4
- Feb6.8
- Mar4.9
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Fostoria and its neighbours
Fostoria is number 81 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffin, OH | 12 | 30 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Findlay, OH | 14 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Bowling Green, OH | 19 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Fremont, OH | 20 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Perrysburg, OH | 29 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Maumee, OH | 31 | 37 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 Tiffin, 13.1 miles from Fostoria. 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.