Do you need a snowblower in East Lansing, MI?
What clears snow in East Lansing
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in East Lansing, about 4.7 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 East Lansing gets
- Snow a year
- 36 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 66
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 4.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in East Lansing
- Oct0.3
- Nov1.8
- Dec7.4
- Jan14.1
- Feb7.3
- Mar4.2
- Apr0.9
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
East Lansing and its neighbours
East Lansing is number 59 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lansing, MI | 5 | 50 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Owosso, MI | 23 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Ionia, MI | 34 | 54 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Jackson, MI | 35 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fenton, MI | 39 | 52 in | Gas single-stage |
| Flint, MI | 44 | 40 in | Cordless 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 East Lansing 4 S, 5.2 miles from East Lansing. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.