Do you need a snowblower in Newport, RI?
What clears snow in Newport
Gas single-stage
Newport gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.4 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.
A normal Newport winter
- Snow a year
- 26 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 30
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. 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 3.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Newport
- Nov0.1
- Dec5.2
- Jan5.5
- Feb9.1
- Mar4.8
- Apr1.3
Snow worth clearing runs from December to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Newport and its neighbours
Newport is number 8 of 8 Rhode Island towns here for snowfall; Pawtucket gets the most at 42 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warwick, RI | 16 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fall River, MA | 21 | 38 in | Gas single-stage |
| Cranston, RI | 22 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| East Providence, RI | 22 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| New Bedford, MA | 23 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Providence, RI | 24 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
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 Newport Rose, 2.3 miles from Newport. 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.