Do you need a snowblower in Baker City, OR?
Your answer for Baker City
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Baker City about once every 2 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
A normal Baker City winter
- Snow a year
- 79 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 127
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.2 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 10.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Baker City
- Oct0.4
- Nov11.6
- Dec25.0
- Jan20.5
- Feb11.9
- Mar6.4
- Apr2.2
- May0.5
- Jun0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Baker City and its neighbours
Baker City is the snowiest Oregon town here for snowfall.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Grande, OR | 40 | 9 in | A shovel is enough |
| Ontario, OR | 67 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Pendleton, OR | 79 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Walla Walla, WA | 93 | 7 in | A shovel is enough |
| Middleton, ID | 95 | 10 in | A shovel is enough |
| Caldwell, ID | 97 | 10 in | A shovel is enough |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Rock Creek, 14.6 miles from Baker City. 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.
- The two nearest weather stations sit at very different heights, and the second one averages 16 inches a year. Hills around Baker City can get a lot more or less than this.