Do you need a snowblower in Cheyenne, WY?
The machine for a Cheyenne driveway
Two-stage snowblower
Cheyenne averages 66 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 Cheyenne winter brings
- Snow a year
- 66 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 41
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.8 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 8.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Cheyenne
- Sep0.2
- Oct6.9
- Nov8.0
- Dec10.9
- Jan5.5
- Feb9.4
- Mar9.2
- Apr11.5
- May4.0
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in April. Start and service a machine in September.
Cheyenne and its neighbours
Cheyenne is number 3 of 11 Wyoming towns here for snowfall; Casper gets the most at 82 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington, CO | 32 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
| Timnath, CO | 42 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fort Collins, CO | 42 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Severance, CO | 43 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Laramie, WY | 44 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Windsor, CO | 45 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
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 Cheyenne Wfo, 1.7 miles from Cheyenne. 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.