Do you need a snowblower in Beloit, WI?
What clears snow in Beloit
Gas single-stage
Beloit gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 4.6 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 Beloit winter
- Snow a year
- 36 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 60
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 4.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Beloit
- Oct0.2
- Nov2.7
- Dec10.2
- Jan9.8
- Feb7.3
- Mar4.3
- Apr1.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Beloit
Beloit is number 94 of 98 Wisconsin towns here for snowfall; Weston gets the most at 64 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roscoe, IL | 7 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Machesney Park, IL | 11 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Janesville, WI | 11 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Loves Park, IL | 13 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Rockford, IL | 18 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Belvidere, IL | 19 | 33 in | Gas 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 Beloit, 1.5 miles from Beloit. 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.