Do you need a snowblower in Massillon, OH?
Your answer for Massillon
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Massillon, about 6.1 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.
A normal Massillon winter
- Snow a year
- 47 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 46
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 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 6.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Massillon
- Oct0.3
- Nov3.3
- Dec8.9
- Jan13.4
- Feb12.0
- Mar7.6
- Apr1.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Massillon
Massillon is number 50 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton, OH | 8 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| North Canton, OH | 9 | 47 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Green, OH | 12 | 47 in | Cordless single-stage |
| New Franklin, OH | 12 | 47 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Barberton, OH | 16 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Dover, OH | 18 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Akron Canton Regional Airport, 10.3 miles from Massillon. 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.