Do you need a snowblower in Downers Grove, IL?
What clears snow in Downers Grove
Gas single-stage
Downers Grove gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.2 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.
How much snow Downers Grove gets
- Snow a year
- 24 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
- 41
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Downers Grove
- Nov0.9
- Dec4.2
- Jan9.3
- Feb5.1
- Mar4.5
- Apr0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Downers Grove
Downers Grove is number 165 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westmont, IL | 2 | 42 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Lisle, IL | 3 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Darien, IL | 4 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Woodridge, IL | 4 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hinsdale, IL | 5 | 42 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Glen Ellyn, IL | 5 | 24 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 Wheaton 3 SE, 2.9 miles from Downers Grove. 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.