Do you need a snowblower in Bourbonnais, IL?
What clears snow in Bourbonnais
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Bourbonnais, about 3.6 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
How much snow Bourbonnais gets
- Snow a year
- 27 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 39
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Bourbonnais
- Nov1.1
- Dec6.0
- Jan8.9
- Feb6.8
- Mar3.6
- Apr1.0
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Bourbonnais
Bourbonnais is number 155 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradley, IL | 2 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Kankakee, IL | 6 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Manhattan, IL | 17 | 17 in | A shovel is enough |
| Richton Park, IL | 22 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Frankfort, IL | 22 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Park Forest, IL | 23 | 28 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 Bourbonnais 3NW, 3.0 miles from Bourbonnais. 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.