Do you need a snowblower in Saco, ME?
Your answer for Saco
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Saco about once 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 Saco winter brings
- Snow a year
- 69 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 5.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 74
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.9 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 8.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Saco
- Oct0.2
- Nov2.3
- Dec14.6
- Jan18.6
- Feb16.6
- Mar13.6
- Apr2.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Saco and its neighbours
Saco is number 8 of 11 Maine towns here for snowfall; Waterville gets the most at 86 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biddeford, ME | 6 | 49 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| South Portland, ME | 10 | 69 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Westbrook, ME | 13 | 69 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Portland, ME | 14 | 69 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Sanford, ME | 18 | 70 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Somersworth, NH | 30 | 39 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 Portland International Jetport, 10.3 miles from Saco. 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.