Do you need a snowblower in Plum, PA?
What clears snow in Plum
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Plum, about 3.3 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.
How much snow Plum gets
- Snow a year
- 25 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 34
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Plum
- Nov0.7
- Dec5.3
- Jan10.2
- Feb5.6
- Mar3.0
- Apr0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Plum and its neighbours
Plum is number 43 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Kensington, PA | 5 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Monroeville, PA | 5 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Lower Burrell, PA | 6 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Murrysville, PA | 6 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Wilkinsburg, PA | 8 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Munhall, PA | 11 | 25 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 Murrysville 2 SW, 6.3 miles from Plum. 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.