Do you need a snowblower in Fulton, NY?
Your answer for Fulton
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Fulton about 2.7 times a winter. 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.
A normal Fulton winter
- Snow a year
- 159 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 9.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about 2.7 times a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 93
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 4.4 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 20.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Fulton
- Oct0.1
- Nov9.8
- Dec31.5
- Jan50.2
- Feb47.7
- Mar17.0
- Apr2.5
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Fulton and its neighbours
Fulton is number 3 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego, NY | 10 | 140 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Syracuse, NY | 24 | 128 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Auburn, NY | 28 | 109 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Oneida, NY | 41 | 151 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Geneva, NY | 42 | 57 in | Gas single-stage |
| Rome, NY | 47 | 164 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 Fulton, 1.6 miles from Fulton. 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.