Do you need a snowblower in Framingham, MA?
The machine for a Framingham driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Framingham 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.
What a Framingham winter brings
- Snow a year
- 46 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 45
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 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 5.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Framingham
- Nov1.1
- Dec11.5
- Jan13.8
- Feb8.9
- Mar8.2
- Apr2.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Framingham and its neighbours
Framingham is number 42 of 58 Massachusetts towns here for snowfall; North Adams gets the most at 85 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlborough, MA | 6 | 46 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Waltham, MA | 11 | 59 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Newton, MA | 12 | 46 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Watertown, MA | 14 | 49 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Franklin Town, MA | 15 | 48 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Cambridge, MA | 17 | 49 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 Natick, 5.0 miles from Framingham. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.