Do you need a snowblower in Firestone, CO?
What clears snow in Firestone
Gas single-stage
Firestone gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.2 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.
A normal Firestone winter
- Snow a year
- 47 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 57
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 times 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 6.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Firestone
- Oct3.4
- Nov5.7
- Dec8.3
- Jan5.9
- Feb9.4
- Mar8.2
- Apr5.2
- May1.3
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Firestone and its neighbours
Firestone is number 29 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick, CO | 4 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Longmont, CO | 8 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Berthoud, CO | 9 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Erie, CO | 9 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Johnstown, CO | 11 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lafayette, CO | 14 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Longmont 2.1 N, 9.0 miles from Firestone. 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.