Do you need a snowblower in Grafton, WI?
What clears snow in Grafton
Gas single-stage
Grafton gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.5 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.
What a Grafton winter brings
- Snow a year
- 42 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 58
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.2 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 5.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Grafton
- Nov0.9
- Dec10.7
- Jan13.2
- Feb10.7
- Mar6.0
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Grafton and its neighbours
Grafton is number 61 of 98 Wisconsin towns here for snowfall; Weston gets the most at 64 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedarburg, WI | 3 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Port Washington, WI | 5 | 42 in | Gas single-stage |
| Mequon, WI | 8 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Brown Deer, WI | 10 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Germantown, WI | 11 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Glendale, WI | 13 | 40 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 Port Washington, 6.6 miles from Grafton. 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.