Do you need a snowblower in Plattsburgh, NY?
Your answer for Plattsburgh
Gas single-stage
Plattsburgh gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.5 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.
A normal Plattsburgh winter
- Snow a year
- 50 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 81
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.4 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 6.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Plattsburgh
- Oct0.1
- Nov3.3
- Dec10.9
- Jan11.4
- Feb11.6
- Mar10.6
- Apr2.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Plattsburgh and its neighbours
Plattsburgh is number 44 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington, VT | 18 | 88 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Essex Junction, VT | 22 | 86 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| South Burlington, VT | 22 | 88 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Rutland, VT | 78 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lebanon, NH | 94 | 61 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Glens Falls, NY | 96 | 60 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 S Hero, 8.9 miles from Plattsburgh. 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.