Do you need a snowblower in Golden, CO?
The machine for a Golden driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Golden about 2.6 times a winter. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
How much snow Golden gets
- Snow a year
- 141 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 10.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about 2.6 times a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 92
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 3.9 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 18.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Golden
- Sep0.3
- Oct8.5
- Nov9.7
- Dec26.4
- Jan15.7
- Feb21.6
- Mar19.9
- Apr29.9
- May8.5
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in April. Start and service a machine in September.
Golden and its neighbours
Golden is number 2 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood, CO | 6 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Wheat Ridge, CO | 6 | 76 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Arvada, CO | 7 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Westminster, CO | 12 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Englewood, CO | 13 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
| Superior, CO | 13 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Golden 3SW, 2.5 miles from Golden. 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.
- The two nearest weather stations sit at very different heights, and the second one averages 58 inches a year. Hills around Golden can get a lot more or less than this.