Do you need a snowblower in Valley Stream, NY?
Your answer for Valley Stream
Gas single-stage
Valley Stream gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.4 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
A normal Valley Stream winter
- Snow a year
- 26 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 20
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. 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 3.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Valley Stream
- Nov0.4
- Dec4.5
- Jan7.5
- Feb8.6
- Mar4.3
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Valley Stream and its neighbours
Valley Stream is number 74 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynbrook, NY | 2 | 26 in | Gas single-stage |
| East Rockaway, NY | 2 | 26 in | Gas single-stage |
| Rockville Centre, NY | 4 | 26 in | Gas single-stage |
| Floral Park, NY | 4 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| New Hyde Park, NY | 5 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Garden City, NY | 5 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Snowblowers on a gravel driveway and Single-stage or two-stage.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from NEW York Jfk International Airport, 3.5 miles from Valley Stream. 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.