Do you need a snowblower in Williamsport, PA?
Your answer for Williamsport
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Williamsport, about 4.2 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.
How much snow Williamsport gets
- Snow a year
- 33 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 38
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 4.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Williamsport
- Oct0.1
- Nov1.6
- Dec7.1
- Jan8.7
- Feb8.6
- Mar5.7
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Williamsport and its neighbours
Williamsport is number 27 of 68 Pennsylvania towns here for snowfall; Erie gets the most at 104 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomsburg, PA | 34 | 29 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Berwick, PA | 43 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| State College, PA | 53 | 44 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Nanticoke, PA | 54 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Pottsville, PA | 58 | 48 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hazleton, PA | 59 | 42 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 Williamsport 2, 2.8 miles from Williamsport. 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.