Do you need a snowblower in Westminster, MD?
Your answer for Westminster
Gas single-stage
Westminster gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.7 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 Westminster gets
- Snow a year
- 28 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
- 30
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 3.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Westminster
- Oct0.1
- Nov0.6
- Dec4.5
- Jan8.0
- Feb9.7
- Mar5.2
- Apr0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Westminster and its neighbours
Westminster is number 6 of 23 Maryland towns here for snowfall; Hagerstown gets the most at 33 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanover, PA | 16 | 28 in | Gas single-stage |
| Frederick, MD | 24 | 31 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Baltimore, MD | 29 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| York, PA | 30 | 25 in | Gas single-stage |
| Gaithersburg, MD | 31 | 33 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Waynesboro, PA | 33 | 33 in | Gas 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 Hanover 4 SW, 13.3 miles from Westminster. 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.