Do you need a snowblower in Frederick, CO?
The machine for a Frederick driveway
Gas single-stage
Frederick 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 Frederick 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 Frederick
- 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.
Frederick and its neighbours
Frederick is number 30 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firestone, CO | 4 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Erie, CO | 6 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Longmont, CO | 8 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lafayette, CO | 10 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Broomfield, CO | 11 | 74 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Berthoud, CO | 12 | 47 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 Longmont 2.1 N, 9.6 miles from Frederick. 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.