Do you need a snowblower in Hermitage, PA?
What clears snow in Hermitage
Two-stage snowblower
Hermitage averages 68 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
A normal Hermitage winter
- Snow a year
- 68 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 58
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.9 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 8.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Hermitage
- Oct0.7
- Nov4.5
- Dec14.8
- Jan19.6
- Feb15.1
- Mar10.5
- Apr2.6
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Hermitage and its neighbours
Hermitage is number 3 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon, PA | 3 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Youngstown, OH | 14 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Niles, OH | 16 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| New Castle, PA | 17 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Warren, OH | 19 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Salem, OH | 31 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
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 Youngstown Regional Airport, 12.1 miles from Hermitage. 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.