Do you need a snowblower in Norwalk, OH?
The machine for a Norwalk driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Norwalk, about 4.3 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 Norwalk winter brings
- Snow a year
- 33 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 43
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About what a typical snowy US city gets. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 4.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Norwalk
- Nov1.5
- Dec6.6
- Jan9.7
- Feb8.2
- Mar5.1
- Apr1.6
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Norwalk
Norwalk is number 77 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandusky, OH | 16 | 33 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Vermilion, OH | 19 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Amherst, OH | 23 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lorain, OH | 26 | 44 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Fremont, OH | 27 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Elyria, OH | 28 | 44 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 Norwalk Wwtp, 1.6 miles from Norwalk. 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.