Do you need a snowblower in Niles, OH?
The machine for a Niles driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Niles, about 3.6 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
What a Niles winter brings
- Snow a year
- 28 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 31
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Niles
- Nov0.8
- Dec6.5
- Jan9.6
- Feb6.4
- Mar4.4
- Apr0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Niles
Niles is number 98 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren, OH | 5 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Youngstown, OH | 8 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Sharon, PA | 14 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hermitage, PA | 16 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Salem, OH | 20 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| New Castle, PA | 25 | 28 in | Cordless 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 Warren 3 S, 3.1 miles from Niles. 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.