Do you need a snowblower in West Haverstraw, NY?
The machine for a West Haverstraw driveway
Gas single-stage
West Haverstraw gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.1 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.
How much snow West Haverstraw gets
- Snow a year
- 40 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 58
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 5.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in West Haverstraw
- Nov0.5
- Dec7.6
- Jan8.8
- Feb12.6
- Mar8.2
- Apr1.8
Snow worth clearing runs from December to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near West Haverstraw
West Haverstraw is number 50 of 90 New York towns here for snowfall; Utica gets the most at 164 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haverstraw, NY | 3 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Peekskill, NY | 6 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Ossining, NY | 7 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Spring Valley, NY | 7 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Chestnut Ridge, NY | 9 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Airmont, NY | 9 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Yorktown Hts 1W, 10.7 miles from West Haverstraw. 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.