Parma measured 50.1 inches in 2019–20 — more than Shaker Heights and well more than Old Brooklyn, on the southwest side where most people would not expect it.
Parma is in the transitional zone, where the snow belt shades into the rest of the metro. Cuyahoga County.
| Season or event | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2019–20 | 50.1″ |
These are measured seasons and events, not 30-year normals. Outside Cleveland Hopkins, Chardon and Elyria, almost nowhere in this metro has a long-record station, so a published normal for most suburbs does not exist. This site quotes what was actually measured and says which season it came from, rather than inventing an average.
Where the snow belt starts, and why it matters to a quote →No Parma-specific snow ordinance surfaced in the research for this site, and none is asserted here. What does apply is the general shape of the rules across Northeast Ohio: the sidewalk in front of your property is almost always your responsibility, most cities in this metro ban street parking once two inches have fallen, and pushing snow into the roadway is handled by municipal ordinance rather than by state law — there is no Ohio statute that names snow.
Before signing anything, check your own city’s published snow page. The cities where the rules are written down and citable are collected here.
The textbook case of the postwar wave: 28,897 residents in 1950, 82,845 in 1960 — about 54,000 people in a single decade, in GI Bill houses bought largely by families leaving Cleveland’s older neighborhoods. It peaked near 100,000 around 1970.
That matters more here than in most snow markets. Across Cleveland and the inner ring the garage sits at the back of the lot, reached by a long narrow driveway running the full length of the property. Clearing one of those is a different job from clearing a short apron in front of an attached garage — more passes, less room to put the snow, and a fence or a lot line on both sides. When you ask for a quote, the length of the drive and where the snow can legally go are the two things worth saying first.
A single-decade build-out means a very consistent housing type, which in turn means quotes in Parma cluster tightly. That is unusual in this metro and it works in a homeowner’s favor: there is a normal price here, and it is easy to tell when you are being quoted outside it.
The address, the length of the driveway, whether the garage is attached or at the back of the lot, and what else has to be cleared. Four facts and the quote stops being a range.
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