Do you need a snowblower in Weirton, WV?
Your answer for Weirton
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Weirton, about 5.7 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.
What a Weirton winter brings
- Snow a year
- 44 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 40
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.2 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 5.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Weirton
- Oct0.4
- Nov2.4
- Dec7.7
- Jan13.3
- Feb11.7
- Mar7.6
- Apr1.0
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Weirton and its neighbours
Weirton is the snowiest West Virginia town here for snowfall.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steubenville, OH | 6 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Washington, PA | 23 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Wheeling, WV | 24 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Franklin Park, PA | 28 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Bethel Park, PA | 28 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Whitehall, PA | 30 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
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 Pittsburgh International Airport, 19.2 miles from Weirton. 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.