Do you need a snowblower in Elgin, IL?
Your answer for Elgin
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Elgin, about 4.2 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 Elgin gets
- Snow a year
- 32 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 44
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 4.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Elgin
- Nov1.4
- Dec8.7
- Jan9.5
- Feb8.0
- Mar3.7
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Elgin and its neighbours
Elgin is number 122 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Elgin, IL | 3 | 46 in | Gas single-stage |
| Carpentersville, IL | 6 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Pingree Grove, IL | 6 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Streamwood, IL | 8 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Campton Hills, IL | 8 | 39 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| St. Charles, IL | 8 | 46 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 Elgin, 2.6 miles from Elgin. 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.