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Do you need a snowblower in North Arlington, NJ?

What clears snow in North Arlington

Gas single-stage

North Arlington gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.7 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.

How much snow North Arlington gets

Snow a year
28 in
Storms of 5 in or more
2.0 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 3 winters
Days with snow on the ground
24

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 3.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in North Arlington

  1. Oct0.2
  2. Nov0.3
  3. Dec5.9
  4. Jan8.0
  5. Feb8.4
  6. Mar4.7
  7. Apr0.7

Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.

North Arlington and its neighbours

North Arlington is number 56 of 116 New Jersey towns here for snowfall; Phillipsburg gets the most at 41 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Kearny, NJ228 inGas single-stage
Rutherford, NJ328 inGas single-stage
East Rutherford, NJ328 inGas single-stage
Secaucus, NJ328 inGas single-stage
Harrison, NJ328 inGas single-stage
East Orange, NJ528 inGas 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 Harrison, 3.0 miles from North Arlington. 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.