Do you need a snowblower in Middleburg Heights, OH?
The machine for a Middleburg Heights driveway
Two-stage snowblower
Middleburg Heights 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 Middleburg Heights gets
- Snow a year
- 64 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 52
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 Middleburg Heights
- Oct0.1
- Nov4.5
- Dec12.2
- Jan18.4
- Feb15.1
- Mar10.8
- Apr2.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Middleburg Heights and its neighbours
Middleburg Heights is number 39 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Park, OH | 2 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Berea, OH | 3 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Parma Heights, OH | 3 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Strongsville, OH | 4 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Parma, OH | 5 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| North Royalton, OH | 5 | 65 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 Cleveland, 3.8 miles from Middleburg Heights. 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.