Do you need a snowblower in Frederick, MD?
Your answer for Frederick
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Frederick about once every 2 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 Frederick winter brings
- Snow a year
- 31 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 26
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 4.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Frederick
- Nov0.8
- Dec5.1
- Jan9.4
- Feb11.1
- Mar4.8
- Apr0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Frederick and its neighbours
Frederick is number 3 of 23 Maryland towns here for snowfall; Hagerstown gets the most at 33 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagerstown, MD | 22 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Gaithersburg, MD | 23 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Waynesboro, PA | 24 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Westminster, MD | 24 | 28 in | Gas single-stage |
| Leesburg, VA | 24 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Rockville, MD | 28 | 6 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Damascus 3 SSW, 15.3 miles from Frederick. 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.