Do you need a snowblower in Fort Morgan, CO?
What clears snow in Fort Morgan
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Fort Morgan, about 3.0 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.
How much snow Fort Morgan gets
- Snow a year
- 23 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 24
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.7 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Fort Morgan
- Oct2.1
- Nov2.7
- Dec4.4
- Jan3.8
- Feb3.9
- Mar3.8
- Apr1.7
- May0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Fort Morgan and its neighbours
Fort Morgan is number 49 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterling, CO | 40 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Evans, CO | 51 | 35 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Greeley, CO | 53 | 35 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Brighton, CO | 57 | 35 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Commerce City, CO | 59 | 35 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Severance, CO | 59 | 48 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 Ft Morgan, 4.3 miles from Fort Morgan. 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.