Do you need a snowblower in Dixon, IL?
What clears snow in Dixon
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Dixon, about 4.1 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
How much snow Dixon gets
- Snow a year
- 31 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 49
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 4.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Dixon
- Nov1.8
- Dec5.6
- Jan13.0
- Feb5.7
- Mar4.5
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Dixon and its neighbours
Dixon is number 126 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling, IL | 12 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Freeport, IL | 32 | 35 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Rockford, IL | 36 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| DeKalb, IL | 38 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Clinton, IA | 39 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Belvidere, IL | 42 | 33 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 Dixon 1W, 1.9 miles from Dixon. 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.