Do you need a snowblower in American Fork, UT?
What clears snow in American Fork
Gas single-stage
American Fork gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.4 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.
A normal American Fork winter
- Snow a year
- 41 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 33
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.2 times 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 5.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in American Fork
- Oct0.8
- Nov3.5
- Dec10.3
- Jan11.5
- Feb8.3
- Mar3.9
- Apr2.8
- May0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
American Fork and its neighbours
American Fork is number 42 of 67 Utah towns here for snowfall; Bountiful gets the most at 119 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove, UT | 3 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Highland, UT | 3 | 74 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lindon, UT | 5 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lehi, UT | 5 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Vineyard, UT | 5 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Alpine, UT | 6 | 74 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 Pleasant Grove, 3.3 miles from American Fork. 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.