Do you need a snowblower in Green River, WY?
What clears snow in Green River
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Green River, about 5.0 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.
A normal Green River winter
- Snow a year
- 39 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 72
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 5.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Green River
- Sep0.3
- Oct2.4
- Nov5.0
- Dec6.7
- Jan6.3
- Feb7.6
- Mar5.4
- Apr3.9
- May0.9
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Green River
Green River is number 9 of 11 Wyoming towns here for snowfall; Casper gets the most at 82 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Springs, WY | 14 | 31 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Vernal, UT | 73 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Evanston, WY | 79 | 50 in | Gas single-stage |
| Riverton, WY | 118 | 44 in | Gas single-stage |
| Heber, UT | 120 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| North Logan, UT | 122 | 62 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 Green Rvr, 0.3 miles from Green River. 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.