Do you need a snowblower in Lansing, MI?
Your answer for Lansing
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Lansing, about 6.5 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.
How much snow Lansing gets
- Snow a year
- 50 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 66
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.4 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 6.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Lansing
- Oct0.2
- Nov3.9
- Dec11.3
- Jan14.3
- Feb12.9
- Mar5.9
- Apr1.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Lansing
Lansing is number 33 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Lansing, MI | 5 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Owosso, MI | 28 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Ionia, MI | 32 | 54 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Jackson, MI | 33 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fenton, MI | 43 | 52 in | Gas single-stage |
| Battle Creek, MI | 45 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Lansing Capital City Airport, 4.6 miles from Lansing. 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.