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Do you need a snowblower in Red Bank, NJ?

The machine for a Red Bank driveway

Two-stage snowblower

A storm of 10 inches or more hits Red Bank 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.

How much snow Red Bank gets

Snow a year
25 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.3 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 2 winters
Days with snow on the ground
19

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 3.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Red Bank

  1. Nov0.2
  2. Dec4.3
  3. Jan6.5
  4. Feb8.5
  5. Mar4.4
  6. Apr0.6

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

Towns near Red Bank

Red Bank is number 80 of 116 New Jersey towns here for snowfall; Phillipsburg gets the most at 41 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Eatontown, NJ425 inTwo-stage snowblower
Long Branch, NJ525 inTwo-stage snowblower
Tinton Falls, NJ629 inGas single-stage
Asbury Park, NJ925 inTwo-stage snowblower
Freehold, NJ1324 inCordless single-stage
South Amboy, NJ1529 inGas 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 Ny Ave V Brooklyn, 17.5 miles from Red Bank. 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.