Do you need a snowblower in Peabody, MA?
Your answer for Peabody
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Peabody about once a winter. 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.
What a Peabody winter brings
- Snow a year
- 48 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 39
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 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 6.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Peabody
- Nov1.1
- Dec8.9
- Jan13.4
- Feb13.2
- Mar9.4
- Apr1.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Peabody and its neighbours
Peabody is number 38 of 58 Massachusetts towns here for snowfall; North Adams gets the most at 85 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn, MA | 4 | 39 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Salem, MA | 4 | 39 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Beverly, MA | 7 | 51 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Melrose, MA | 7 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Revere, MA | 8 | 49 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Malden, MA | 9 | 49 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 Middleton, 4.8 miles from Peabody. 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.