Do you need a snowblower in Wilmington, OH?
The machine for a Wilmington driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Wilmington, about 3.5 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 Wilmington winter brings
- Snow a year
- 27 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 30
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Wilmington
- Oct0.1
- Nov1.1
- Dec4.6
- Jan8.9
- Feb7.4
- Mar4.1
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Wilmington
Wilmington is number 100 of 176 Ohio towns here for snowfall; Euclid gets the most at 114 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xenia, OH | 19 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Lebanon, OH | 21 | 14 in | A shovel is enough |
| Washington Court House, OH | 22 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Centerville, OH | 23 | 12 in | A shovel is enough |
| Springboro, OH | 24 | 10 in | A shovel is enough |
| Beavercreek, OH | 25 | 12 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Wfo Wilmington, 0.6 miles from Wilmington. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.