Do you need a snowblower in Vandalia, OH?
The machine for a Vandalia driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Vandalia, about 3.3 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
A normal Vandalia winter
- Snow a year
- 25 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 27
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 3.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Vandalia
- Oct0.2
- Nov0.8
- Dec4.8
- Jan8.3
- Feb6.6
- Mar3.9
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Vandalia
Vandalia is number 106 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huber Heights, OH | 4 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Tipp City, OH | 6 | 12 in | A shovel is enough |
| Englewood, OH | 6 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Dayton, OH | 7 | 12 in | A shovel is enough |
| Clayton, OH | 7 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Riverside, OH | 8 | 12 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 Dayton International Airport, 2.3 miles from Vandalia. 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.