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Do you need a snowblower in Tenafly, NJ?

What clears snow in Tenafly

Two-stage snowblower

A storm of 10 inches or more hits Tenafly 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 Tenafly gets

Snow a year
33 in
Storms of 5 in or more
2.5 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 2 winters
Days with snow on the ground
39

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 4.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Tenafly

  1. Nov0.3
  2. Dec5.6
  3. Jan9.4
  4. Feb10.9
  5. Mar5.8
  6. Apr0.7

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

Tenafly and its neighbours

Tenafly is number 5 of 116 New Jersey towns here for snowfall; Phillipsburg gets the most at 41 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Englewood, NJ230 inGas single-stage
Bergenfield, NJ230 inGas single-stage
Dumont, NJ333 inTwo-stage snowblower
New Milford, NJ433 inTwo-stage snowblower
River Edge, NJ530 inGas single-stage
Yonkers, NY533 inTwo-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 Dobbs Ferry-Ardsley, 8.6 miles from Tenafly. 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.