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Do you need a snowblower in Hackettstown, NJ?

Your answer for Hackettstown

Gas single-stage

Hackettstown gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.8 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 Hackettstown gets

Snow a year
30 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.7 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 3 winters
Days with snow on the ground
37

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.

On a two car driveway that is about 3.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Hackettstown

  1. Oct0.3
  2. Nov0.3
  3. Dec4.8
  4. Jan7.4
  5. Feb10.3
  6. Mar5.8
  7. Apr0.7

Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.

Towns near Hackettstown

Hackettstown is number 34 of 116 New Jersey towns here for snowfall; Phillipsburg gets the most at 41 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Hopatcong, NJ1128 inTwo-stage snowblower
Dover, NJ1428 inTwo-stage snowblower
Morristown, NJ1924 inGas single-stage
Phillipsburg, NJ2241 inTwo-stage snowblower
Madison, NJ2224 inGas single-stage
Somerville, NJ2321 inA shovel is enough

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 Pottersville 2 NNW, 9.4 miles from Hackettstown. 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.