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Do you need a snowblower in Fraser, MI?

The machine for a Fraser driveway

Cordless single-stage

Plenty falls in Fraser, 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 Fraser winter

Snow a year
32 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.1 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
almost never
Days with snow on the ground
43

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 Fraser

  1. Nov1.3
  2. Dec5.9
  3. Jan10.6
  4. Feb8.5
  5. Mar5.2
  6. Apr0.7

Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.

Towns near Fraser

Fraser is number 73 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Roseville, MI228 inCordless single-stage
St. Clair Shores, MI428 inCordless single-stage
Eastpointe, MI528 inCordless single-stage
Warren, MI528 inCordless single-stage
Sterling Heights, MI532 inCordless single-stage
Mount Clemens, MI532 inCordless 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 Mt Clemens Ang Base, 8.2 miles from Fraser. 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.