Do you need a snowblower in Gardner, MA?
What clears snow in Gardner
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Gardner 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.
A normal Gardner winter
- Snow a year
- 75 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 91
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.1 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 9.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Gardner
- Oct0.3
- Nov3.0
- Dec15.6
- Jan16.9
- Feb18.9
- Mar16.4
- Apr4.0
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Gardner
Gardner is number 5 of 58 Massachusetts towns here for snowfall; North Adams gets the most at 85 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitchburg, MA | 9 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Leominster, MA | 12 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Worcester, MA | 24 | 73 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Marlborough, MA | 28 | 46 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Nashua, NH | 28 | 53 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Keene, NH | 30 | 60 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 Ashburnham, 4.4 miles from Gardner. 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.