Do you need a snowblower in Pittsfield, MA?
Your answer for Pittsfield
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Pittsfield about once every 1 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.
What a Pittsfield winter brings
- Snow a year
- 77 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 98
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.1 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 10.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Pittsfield
- Oct0.4
- Nov4.6
- Dec16.7
- Jan19.3
- Feb18.2
- Mar13.8
- Apr4.0
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Pittsfield
Pittsfield is number 2 of 58 Massachusetts towns here for snowfall; North Adams gets the most at 85 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Adams, MA | 17 | 85 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Troy, NY | 29 | 59 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Watervliet, NY | 30 | 59 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Albany, NY | 31 | 56 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Northampton, MA | 31 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Cohoes, NY | 32 | 59 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 Worthington, 17.9 miles from Pittsfield. 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.