How often does Greenfield get 10 inches of snow?

A storm of 10 inches or more comes about once every 3 winters in Greenfield, from NOAA 1991 to 2020 normals.

Do you need a snowblower in Greenfield, MA?

Q: Do you need a snowblower in Greenfield, MA?

A gas single-stage snowblower fits: there is too much snow for a shovel, but deep storms are rare. Greenfield gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.9 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.

What clears snow in Greenfield

Gas single-stage

Greenfield gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.9 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.

How much snow Greenfield gets

Snow a year: 46 in
Storms of 5 in or more: 2.2 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more: about once every 3 winters
Days with snow on the ground: 66

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 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 5.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Greenfield

Nov1.6
Dec8.7
Jan12.8
Feb12.4
Mar8.8
Apr1.4

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

Greenfield and its neighbours

Greenfield is number 44 of 58 Massachusetts towns here for snowfall; North Adams gets the most at 85 inches.

Town	Miles	Snow	Two car, paved
Amherst Town, MA	18	37 in	Gas single-stage
Northampton, MA	20	37 in	Gas single-stage
Easthampton, MA	24	37 in	Gas single-stage
North Adams, MA	27	85 in	Two-stage snowblower
Keene, NH	28	60 in	Two-stage snowblower
Holyoke, MA	28	37 in	Gas single-stage

Where these numbers come from

NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Sunderland, 12.0 miles from Greenfield. 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.

The two nearest weather stations sit at very different heights, and the second one averages 85 inches a year. Hills around Greenfield can get a lot more or less than this.