Do you need a snowblower in Jamestown, NY?
What clears snow in Jamestown
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Jamestown about once every 2 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.
What a Jamestown winter brings
- Snow a year
- 98 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 81
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.7 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 12.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Jamestown
- Oct0.4
- Nov9.3
- Dec21.6
- Jan29.8
- Feb19.3
- Mar15.3
- Apr2.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Jamestown and its neighbours
Jamestown is number 10 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkirk, NY | 27 | 76 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Olean, NY | 41 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Erie, PA | 43 | 104 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lackawanna, NY | 54 | 95 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Meadville, PA | 56 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| St. Marys, PA | 58 | 66 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 Jamestown 4 ENE, 4.0 miles from Jamestown. 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.