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Do you need a snowblower in Garfield Heights, OH?

What clears snow in Garfield Heights

Two-stage snowblower

Garfield Heights averages 64 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.

Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.

What a Garfield Heights winter brings

Snow a year
64 in
Storms of 5 in or more
2.5 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 5 winters
Days with snow on the ground
52

Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.8 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 8.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Garfield Heights

  1. Oct0.1
  2. Nov4.5
  3. Dec12.2
  4. Jan18.4
  5. Feb15.1
  6. Mar10.8
  7. Apr2.7

Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.

Towns near Garfield Heights

Garfield Heights is number 30 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Maple Heights, OH264 inTwo-stage snowblower
Bedford, OH464 inTwo-stage snowblower
Warrensville Heights, OH564 inTwo-stage snowblower
Seven Hills, OH564 inTwo-stage snowblower
Shaker Heights, OH564 inTwo-stage snowblower
Bedford Heights, OH564 inTwo-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 Cleveland, 13.2 miles from Garfield Heights. 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.