Do you need a snowblower in Fort Collins, CO?
What clears snow in Fort Collins
Gas single-stage
Fort Collins gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.4 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 Fort Collins winter
- Snow a year
- 49 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 52
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.4 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 6.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Fort Collins
- Sep0.2
- Oct3.8
- Nov6.2
- Dec8.7
- Jan6.0
- Feb7.8
- Mar8.9
- Apr6.3
- May1.4
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in March. Start and service a machine in September.
Fort Collins and its neighbours
Fort Collins is number 22 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timnath, CO | 5 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Loveland, CO | 9 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Windsor, CO | 9 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Wellington, CO | 11 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
| Severance, CO | 11 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Greeley, CO | 18 | 35 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 Fcl, 2.2 miles from Fort Collins. 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.