Do you need a snowblower in Coldwater, MI?
The machine for a Coldwater driveway
Gas single-stage
Coldwater gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.6 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 Coldwater winter
- Snow a year
- 43 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 53
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.2 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 5.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Coldwater
- Oct0.1
- Nov3.6
- Dec9.2
- Jan13.1
- Feb10.7
- Mar4.9
- Apr1.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Coldwater
Coldwater is number 42 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturgis, MI | 24 | 41 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Battle Creek, MI | 27 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Portage, MI | 35 | 41 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Jackson, MI | 37 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Kendallville, IN | 37 | 30 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Kalamazoo, MI | 38 | 65 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 Coldwater St School, 1.2 miles from Coldwater. 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.