Do you need a snowblower in Fountain, CO?
What clears snow in Fountain
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Fountain, 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.
A normal Fountain winter
- Snow a year
- 33 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 23
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 Fountain
- Sep0.2
- Oct2.5
- Nov4.4
- Dec4.1
- Jan4.9
- Feb4.6
- Mar5.7
- Apr5.5
- May0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in March. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Fountain
Fountain is number 47 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado Springs, CO | 13 | 55 in | Gas single-stage |
| Monument, CO | 28 | 121 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Pueblo, CO | 29 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Cañon City, CO | 34 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Castle Rock, CO | 48 | 58 in | Gas single-stage |
| Castle Pines, CO | 54 | 58 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 Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, 8.4 miles from Fountain. 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.