Do you need a snowblower in Lower Burrell, PA?
What clears snow in Lower Burrell
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Lower Burrell, about 3.7 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
How much snow Lower Burrell gets
- Snow a year
- 29 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 34
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Lower Burrell
- Nov1.8
- Dec5.7
- Jan7.1
- Feb8.2
- Mar5.5
- Apr0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Lower Burrell and its neighbours
Lower Burrell is number 35 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Kensington, PA | 2 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Plum, PA | 6 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Murrysville, PA | 10 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Monroeville, PA | 11 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Wilkinsburg, PA | 13 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Munhall, PA | 16 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
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 Salina 3 W, 10.4 miles from Lower Burrell. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.