Do you need a snowblower in Freeport, IL?
What clears snow in Freeport
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Freeport, about 4.5 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.
What a Freeport winter brings
- Snow a year
- 35 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 56
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 4.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Freeport
- Oct0.2
- Nov2.6
- Dec8.9
- Jan9.7
- Feb8.5
- Mar3.8
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Freeport
Freeport is number 93 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe, WI | 22 | 42 in | Gas single-stage |
| Rockford, IL | 29 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Machesney Park, IL | 32 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Dixon, IL | 32 | 31 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Loves Park, IL | 33 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Roscoe, IL | 33 | 38 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 Freeport Waste Wtp, 1.7 miles from Freeport. 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.