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Do you need a snowblower in Burbank, IL?

The machine for a Burbank driveway

Cordless single-stage

Plenty falls in Burbank, about 5.0 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 Burbank gets

Snow a year
39 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.4 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 5 winters
Days with snow on the ground
44

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 Burbank

  1. Oct0.1
  2. Nov1.5
  3. Dec7.9
  4. Jan12.5
  5. Feb10.1
  6. Mar5.7
  7. Apr1.0

Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.

Towns near Burbank

Burbank is number 43 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Bridgeview, IL239 inCordless single-stage
Oak Lawn, IL239 inCordless single-stage
Chicago Ridge, IL339 inCordless single-stage
Justice, IL339 inCordless single-stage
Hickory Hills, IL339 inCordless single-stage
Evergreen Park, IL439 inCordless 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 Chicago Midway Airport 3SW, 0.7 miles from Burbank. 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.