Do you need a snowblower in Cody, WY?
Your answer for Cody
Gas single-stage
Cody gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.9 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.
A normal Cody winter
- Snow a year
- 45 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 29
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 times what a typical snowy US city gets. Most of it melts within a few days, so in Cody waiting a day is often a real option.
On a two car driveway that is about 5.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Cody
- Sep0.4
- Oct3.4
- Nov6.4
- Dec7.5
- Jan7.3
- Feb7.5
- Mar5.8
- Apr5.9
- May0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Cody and its neighbours
Cody is number 7 of 11 Wyoming towns here for snowfall; Casper gets the most at 82 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billings, MT | 91 | 57 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sheridan, WY | 105 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Riverton, WY | 109 | 44 in | Gas single-stage |
| Jackson, WY | 112 | 78 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Bozeman, MT | 126 | 91 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Belgrade, MT | 135 | 91 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Cody, 3.0 miles from Cody. 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.