Do you need a snowblower in Lakewood, CO?
The machine for a Lakewood driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Lakewood about once every 2 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.
A normal Lakewood winter
- Snow a year
- 58 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 47
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.6 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 7.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Lakewood
- Sep0.3
- Oct5.2
- Nov9.2
- Dec6.7
- Jan8.0
- Feb8.6
- Mar9.2
- Apr9.1
- May1.7
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in November. Start and service a machine in September.
Lakewood and its neighbours
Lakewood is number 16 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat Ridge, CO | 5 | 76 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Golden, CO | 6 | 141 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Englewood, CO | 7 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
| Littleton, CO | 9 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
| Arvada, CO | 9 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Greenwood Village, CO | 12 | 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 Lakewood, 3.5 miles from Lakewood. 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.