Do you need a snowblower in New Providence, NJ?
The machine for a New Providence driveway
Gas single-stage
New Providence gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.1 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
What a New Providence winter brings
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 24
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 New Providence
- Nov0.7
- Dec4.1
- Jan5.8
- Feb8.4
- Mar4.6
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near New Providence
New Providence is number 85 of 116 New Jersey towns here for snowfall; Phillipsburg gets the most at 41 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit, NJ | 2 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Chatham, NJ | 3 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Madison, NJ | 4 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Westfield, NJ | 5 | 26 in | Gas single-stage |
| Florham Park, NJ | 5 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| North Plainfield, NJ | 6 | 21 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 Canoe Brook, 4.1 miles from New Providence. 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.