Do you need a snowblower in Lafayette, CO?
What clears snow in Lafayette
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Lafayette 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.
How much snow Lafayette gets
- Snow a year
- 65 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 57
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 8.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Lafayette
- Oct5.2
- Nov6.9
- Dec11.5
- Jan7.7
- Feb12.0
- Mar10.2
- Apr9.1
- May2.4
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Lafayette
Lafayette is number 9 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville, CO | 3 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Broomfield, CO | 4 | 74 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Erie, CO | 5 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Superior, CO | 5 | 68 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Westminster, CO | 8 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Boulder, CO | 8 | 85 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 Lafayette 0.4 WSW, 0.4 miles from Lafayette. 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.