Do you need a snowblower in Lowell, MA?
What clears snow in Lowell
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Lowell 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.
A normal Lowell winter
- Snow a year
- 59 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
- 68
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.6 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 7.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Lowell
- Oct0.1
- Nov1.9
- Dec13.2
- Jan16.1
- Feb12.5
- Mar12.9
- Apr2.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Lowell and its neighbours
Lowell is number 12 of 58 Massachusetts towns here for snowfall; North Adams gets the most at 85 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence, MA | 9 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Methuen, MA | 10 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Nashua, NH | 11 | 53 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Woburn, MA | 13 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Haverhill, MA | 15 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Waltham, MA | 18 | 59 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 Bedford, 10.9 miles from Lowell. 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.