Do you need a snowblower in Pottsville, PA?
Your answer for Pottsville
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Pottsville 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 Pottsville winter brings
- Snow a year
- 48 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 59
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 Pottsville
- Oct0.5
- Nov2.2
- Dec9.0
- Jan12.3
- Feb12.7
- Mar9.2
- Apr2.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Pottsville
Pottsville is number 7 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazleton, PA | 22 | 42 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Bloomsburg, PA | 26 | 29 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lebanon, PA | 26 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Berwick, PA | 26 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Wyomissing, PA | 27 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
| Reading, PA | 28 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
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 Mahanoy City 2 N, 11.2 miles from Pottsville. 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.
- The two nearest weather stations sit at very different heights, and the second one averages 30 inches a year. Hills around Pottsville can get a lot more or less than this.