Do you need a snowblower in Syracuse, NY?
What clears snow in Syracuse
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Syracuse 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 Syracuse winter brings
- Snow a year
- 128 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 6.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 80
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 3.6 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 16.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Syracuse
- Oct0.2
- Nov9.8
- Dec30.6
- Jan34.0
- Feb30.3
- Mar19.8
- Apr3.0
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Syracuse
Syracuse is number 6 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn, NY | 23 | 109 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Fulton, NY | 24 | 159 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Oneida, NY | 24 | 151 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Cortland, NY | 30 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Oswego, NY | 34 | 140 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Rome, NY | 35 | 164 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 Syracuse Hancock International Airport, 5.2 miles from Syracuse. 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.