Do you need a snowblower in Haverstraw, NY?
What clears snow in Haverstraw
Gas single-stage
Haverstraw gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.1 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 Haverstraw gets
- Snow a year
- 40 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
- 58
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 5.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Haverstraw
- Nov0.5
- Dec7.6
- Jan8.8
- Feb12.6
- Mar8.2
- Apr1.8
Snow worth clearing runs from December to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Haverstraw
Haverstraw is number 49 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Haverstraw, NY | 3 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Ossining, NY | 4 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sleepy Hollow, NY | 7 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Spring Valley, NY | 7 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Peekskill, NY | 8 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Chestnut Ridge, NY | 8 | 33 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 Yorktown Hts 1W, 9.7 miles from Haverstraw. 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.