Do you need a snowblower in New York, NY?
The machine for a New York driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits New York about once every 2 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 New York winter brings
- Snow a year
- 25 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 19
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 3.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in New York
- Nov0.2
- Dec4.3
- Jan6.5
- Feb8.5
- Mar4.4
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near New York
New York is number 80 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoboken, NJ | 7 | 30 in | Gas single-stage |
| Jersey City, NJ | 7 | 28 in | Gas single-stage |
| Union City, NJ | 9 | 30 in | Gas single-stage |
| Bayonne, NJ | 9 | 32 in | Gas single-stage |
| West New York, NJ | 9 | 30 in | Gas single-stage |
| Guttenberg, NJ | 10 | 30 in | Gas 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 Ny Ave V Brooklyn, 5.2 miles from New York. 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.