Do you need a snowblower in Lebanon, NH?
The machine for a Lebanon driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Lebanon about once every 1 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 Lebanon winter brings
- Snow a year
- 61 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 95
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.7 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 7.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Lebanon
- Oct0.1
- Nov2.2
- Dec13.4
- Jan16.4
- Feb13.1
- Mar13.5
- Apr1.9
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Lebanon and its neighbours
Lebanon is number 4 of 11 New Hampshire towns here for snowfall; Concord gets the most at 68 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claremont, NH | 18 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Rutland, VT | 36 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Laconia, NH | 39 | 62 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Concord, NH | 45 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Keene, NH | 47 | 60 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Manchester, NH | 61 | 53 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 Hanover, 5.1 miles from Lebanon. 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.