Do you need a snowblower in West Chester, PA?
Your answer for West Chester
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits West Chester 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.
What a West Chester winter brings
- Snow a year
- 31 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 34
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 4.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in West Chester
- Nov0.5
- Dec4.4
- Jan7.9
- Feb13.2
- Mar4.1
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near West Chester
West Chester is number 32 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coatesville, PA | 11 | 32 in | Gas single-stage |
| Phoenixville, PA | 13 | 13 in | A shovel is enough |
| Chester, PA | 15 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| Wilmington, DE | 16 | 12 in | A shovel is enough |
| Lansdowne, PA | 17 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| Norristown, PA | 18 | 25 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 W Chester 2 NW, 1.7 miles from West Chester. 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.