Do you need a snowblower in Clinton, UT?
What clears snow in Clinton
Gas single-stage
Clinton gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.0 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
What a Clinton winter brings
- Snow a year
- 23 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 25
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.7 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Clinton
- Oct0.2
- Nov1.3
- Dec11.3
- Jan3.9
- Feb4.1
- Mar1.7
- Apr0.1
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Clinton
Clinton is number 60 of 67 Utah towns here for snowfall; Bountiful gets the most at 119 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Point, UT | 2 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| Roy, UT | 2 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| Syracuse, UT | 4 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| Clearfield, UT | 4 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| West Haven, UT | 5 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| South Ogden, UT | 6 | 23 in | Gas 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 Weber Basin Pump Plt 3, 8.3 miles from Clinton. 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.