Do you need a snowblower in Galion, OH?
The machine for a Galion driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Galion, about 3.4 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 Galion winter brings
- Snow a year
- 26 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 47
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. 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 3.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Galion
- Oct0.1
- Nov1.0
- Dec5.6
- Jan9.9
- Feb4.9
- Mar4.0
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Galion
Galion is number 103 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucyrus, OH | 11 | 23 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Mansfield, OH | 13 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Marion, OH | 20 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Ashland, OH | 26 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Mount Vernon, OH | 29 | 42 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Tiffin, OH | 33 | 30 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 Galion Wtr Wks, 1.4 miles from Galion. 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.