Do you need a snowblower in Gloucester, MA?
The machine for a Gloucester driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Gloucester 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 Gloucester winter
- Snow a year
- 51 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 48
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.4 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 6.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Gloucester
- Oct0.3
- Nov0.9
- Dec8.8
- Jan16.0
- Feb16.4
- Mar7.6
- Apr1.4
Snow worth clearing runs from December to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Gloucester and its neighbours
Gloucester is number 23 of 58 Massachusetts towns here for snowfall; North Adams gets the most at 85 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly, MA | 10 | 51 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Salem, MA | 14 | 39 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Peabody, MA | 16 | 48 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Newburyport, MA | 16 | 62 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lynn, MA | 18 | 39 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Amesbury, MA | 21 | 62 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 Beverly, 8.2 miles from Gloucester. 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.