Do you need a snowblower in Geneva, NY?
What clears snow in Geneva
Gas single-stage
Geneva gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 7.4 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
What a Geneva winter brings
- Snow a year
- 57 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 77
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.6 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 7.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Geneva
- Oct0.1
- Nov4.7
- Dec10.4
- Jan13.5
- Feb13.3
- Mar12.8
- Apr1.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Geneva and its neighbours
Geneva is number 40 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canandaigua, NY | 15 | 57 in | Gas single-stage |
| Auburn, NY | 22 | 109 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Ithaca, NY | 38 | 63 in | Gas single-stage |
| Rochester, NY | 38 | 102 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Fulton, NY | 42 | 159 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Syracuse, NY | 44 | 128 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Geneva Rsch Farm, 2.6 miles from Geneva. 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.