Do you need a snowblower in Rome, NY?
What clears snow in Rome
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Rome about 1.8 times a winter. 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 Rome winter brings
- Snow a year
- 164 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 9.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about 1.8 times a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 128
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 4.6 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 21.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Rome
- Oct1.4
- Nov15.5
- Dec35.1
- Jan39.7
- Feb39.2
- Mar26.7
- Apr6.2
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Rome
Rome is number 2 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida, NY | 14 | 151 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Utica, NY | 16 | 164 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Syracuse, NY | 35 | 128 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Fulton, NY | 47 | 159 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Oswego, NY | 53 | 140 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Cortland, NY | 56 | 64 in | Two-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 Boonville 4 SSW, 15.7 miles from Rome. 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.