Do you need a snowblower in Broomfield, CO?
What clears snow in Broomfield
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Broomfield about once a winter. 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.
What a Broomfield winter brings
- Snow a year
- 74 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 57
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.1 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 9.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Broomfield
- Oct5.2
- Nov8.4
- Dec11.9
- Jan9.0
- Feb12.4
- Mar16.3
- Apr8.1
- May2.6
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in March. Start and service a machine in September.
Broomfield and its neighbours
Broomfield is number 6 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette, CO | 4 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Northglenn, CO | 5 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Louisville, CO | 5 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Westminster, CO | 5 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Superior, CO | 6 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Erie, CO | 6 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Broomfield 1.1 NE, 2.0 miles from Broomfield. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.