Do you need a snowblower in Princeton, NJ?
The machine for a Princeton driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Princeton, about 3.1 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 Princeton gets
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 24
Light, below most snowy cities. 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 3.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Princeton
- Nov0.3
- Dec4.4
- Jan5.8
- Feb8.0
- Mar4.6
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Princeton
Princeton is number 88 of 116 New Jersey towns here for snowfall; Phillipsburg gets the most at 41 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton, NJ | 11 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Manville, NJ | 13 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| New Brunswick, NJ | 15 | 29 in | Gas single-stage |
| Somerville, NJ | 15 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Highland Park, NJ | 16 | 29 in | Gas single-stage |
| Bound Brook, NJ | 16 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Hightstown 2 W, 8.3 miles from Princeton. 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.