Do you need a snowblower in Gillette, WY?
Your answer for Gillette
Gas single-stage
Gillette gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 7.2 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.
How much snow Gillette gets
- Snow a year
- 56 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 66
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.5 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 7.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Gillette
- Sep0.5
- Oct4.4
- Nov5.8
- Dec8.4
- Jan8.2
- Feb9.0
- Mar8.6
- Apr9.4
- May1.3
- Jun0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in April. Start and service a machine in September.
Gillette and its neighbours
Gillette is number 5 of 11 Wyoming towns here for snowfall; Casper gets the most at 82 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan, WY | 81 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Spearfish, SD | 84 | 71 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Casper, WY | 107 | 82 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Rapid City, SD | 114 | 54 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Box Elder, SD | 120 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Riverton, WY | 168 | 44 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 Gillette 4SE, 2.5 miles from Gillette. 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.