Do you need a snowblower in Ferndale, MI?
What clears snow in Ferndale
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Ferndale, about 4.0 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.
What a Ferndale winter brings
- Snow a year
- 31 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 53
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 4.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Ferndale
- Nov0.9
- Dec4.6
- Jan11.7
- Feb7.3
- Mar5.7
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Ferndale
Ferndale is number 79 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Park, MI | 2 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Oak Park, MI | 3 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Royal Oak, MI | 4 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Madison Heights, MI | 4 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Berkley, MI | 4 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Clawson, MI | 5 | 36 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 Dearborn, 11.1 miles from Ferndale. 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.