Do you need a snowblower in Meadville, PA?
The machine for a Meadville driveway
Two-stage snowblower
Meadville averages 64 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
How much snow Meadville gets
- Snow a year
- 64 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 63
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.8 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 8.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Meadville
- Nov3.9
- Dec17.4
- Jan20.2
- Feb11.6
- Mar8.9
- Apr2.0
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Meadville and its neighbours
Meadville is number 6 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conneaut, OH | 29 | 111 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Erie, PA | 33 | 104 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hermitage, PA | 33 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Sharon, PA | 34 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Ashtabula, OH | 37 | 90 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Warren, OH | 45 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
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 Linesville 1 S, 14.3 miles from Meadville. 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.