Do you need a snowblower in Kentwood, MI?
The machine for a Kentwood driveway
Two-stage snowblower
Kentwood averages 78 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
What a Kentwood winter brings
- Snow a year
- 78 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 68
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.2 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 10.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Kentwood
- Oct0.3
- Nov7.1
- Dec20.8
- Jan22.6
- Feb17.2
- Mar7.6
- Apr2.0
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Kentwood
Kentwood is number 7 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Grand Rapids, MI | 4 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Wyoming, MI | 6 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 6 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Grandville, MI | 8 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Walker, MI | 11 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Holland, MI | 27 | 75 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 Grand Rapids, 2.5 miles from Kentwood. 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.