Do you need a snowblower in Greenwood Village, CO?
The machine for a Greenwood Village driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Greenwood Village about once every 1 winters. 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.
What a Greenwood Village winter brings
- Snow a year
- 64 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 87
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.8 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 8.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Greenwood Village
- Oct6.3
- Nov6.1
- Dec8.6
- Jan8.1
- Feb11.6
- Mar9.9
- Apr10.9
- May2.5
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Greenwood Village
Greenwood Village is number 13 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial, CO | 3 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Englewood, CO | 5 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
| Littleton, CO | 6 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lone Tree, CO | 6 | 64 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Denver, CO | 10 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Parker, CO | 10 | 64 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 Highlands Ranch 3.2 ESE, 5.2 miles from Greenwood Village. 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.