Do you need a snowblower in Barrington, IL?
What clears snow in Barrington
Gas single-stage
Barrington gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.0 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 Barrington winter
- Snow a year
- 39 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 64
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 5.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Barrington
- Oct0.1
- Nov2.0
- Dec9.6
- Jan12.6
- Feb8.5
- Mar4.6
- Apr1.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Barrington
Barrington is number 61 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Zurich, IL | 4 | 43 in | Gas single-stage |
| Palatine, IL | 5 | 39 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hoffman Estates, IL | 6 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Rolling Meadows, IL | 7 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Cary, IL | 7 | 35 in | Gas single-stage |
| Arlington Heights, IL | 8 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
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 Barrington 3SW, 3.1 miles from Barrington. 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.