Do you need a snowblower in Nashua, NH?
What clears snow in Nashua
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Nashua about once every 1 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
What a Nashua winter brings
- Snow a year
- 53 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 81
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.5 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 6.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Nashua
- Nov1.7
- Dec11.2
- Jan14.7
- Feb14.5
- Mar10.1
- Apr0.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Nashua and its neighbours
Nashua is number 7 of 11 New Hampshire towns here for snowfall; Concord gets the most at 68 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowell, MA | 11 | 59 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Methuen, MA | 16 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Manchester, NH | 16 | 53 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lawrence, MA | 17 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Fitchburg, MA | 19 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Haverhill, MA | 21 | 58 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 Nashua 2 NNW, 3.0 miles from Nashua. 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.