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Do you need a snowblower in Port Chester, NY?

Your answer for Port Chester

Two-stage snowblower

A storm of 10 inches or more hits Port Chester 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.

What a Port Chester winter brings

Snow a year
33 in
Storms of 5 in or more
2.5 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 2 winters
Days with snow on the ground
39

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 4.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Port Chester

  1. Nov0.3
  2. Dec5.6
  3. Jan9.4
  4. Feb10.9
  5. Mar5.8
  6. Apr0.7

Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.

Port Chester and its neighbours

Port Chester is number 61 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Harrison, NY333 inTwo-stage snowblower
Rye, NY433 inTwo-stage snowblower
White Plains, NY533 inTwo-stage snowblower
Mamaroneck, NY633 inTwo-stage snowblower
Scarsdale, NY633 inTwo-stage snowblower
New Rochelle, NY833 inTwo-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 Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley, 8.7 miles from Port Chester. 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.