Do you need a snowblower in Oneonta, NY?
Your answer for Oneonta
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Oneonta 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.
How much snow Oneonta gets
- Snow a year
- 83 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 86
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.3 times 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 10.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Oneonta
- Oct0.8
- Nov6.3
- Dec17.6
- Jan20.7
- Feb19.5
- Mar14.5
- Apr3.3
- May0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Oneonta and its neighbours
Oneonta is number 18 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utica, NY | 45 | 164 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Binghamton, NY | 50 | 87 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Johnson City, NY | 51 | 87 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Oneida, NY | 53 | 151 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Gloversville, NY | 55 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Amsterdam, NY | 56 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Emmons, 3.0 miles from Oneonta. 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.