Do you need a snowblower in Cadillac, MI?
The machine for a Cadillac driveway
Two-stage snowblower
Cadillac averages 74 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
What a Cadillac winter brings
- Snow a year
- 74 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 109
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 Cadillac
- Oct1.4
- Nov9.0
- Dec16.1
- Jan18.7
- Feb13.9
- Mar9.4
- Apr5.2
- May0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in September.
Cadillac and its neighbours
Cadillac is number 14 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traverse City, MI | 36 | 101 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Mount Pleasant, MI | 55 | 39 in | Gas single-stage |
| Midland, MI | 73 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Muskegon, MI | 82 | 87 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Norton Shores, MI | 85 | 87 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Walker, MI | 88 | 75 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 Lake City Exp Farm, 12.0 miles from Cadillac. 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.