Do you need a snowblower in Marion, OH?
What clears snow in Marion
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Marion, about 3.1 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 Marion gets
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 45
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Marion
- Nov0.6
- Dec4.5
- Jan7.6
- Feb6.6
- Mar4.1
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Marion and its neighbours
Marion is number 116 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucyrus, OH | 16 | 23 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Galion, OH | 20 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Delaware, OH | 22 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Marysville, OH | 29 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Powell, OH | 30 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Mansfield, OH | 33 | 49 in | Gas 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 Marion 2 N, 1.5 miles from Marion. 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.