Do you need a snowblower in Laramie, WY?
Your answer for Laramie
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Laramie 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 Laramie winter brings
- Snow a year
- 64 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 106
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 Laramie
- Sep0.7
- Oct7.2
- Nov6.4
- Dec7.3
- Jan5.5
- Feb7.2
- Mar9.4
- Apr13.4
- May6.0
- Jun1.0
Snow worth clearing runs from October to June, heaviest in April. Start and service a machine in September.
Laramie and its neighbours
Laramie is number 4 of 11 Wyoming towns here for snowfall; Casper gets the most at 82 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheyenne, WY | 44 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Wellington, CO | 53 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fort Collins, CO | 60 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Timnath, CO | 63 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Severance, CO | 68 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Windsor, CO | 68 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
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 Laramie 4SE, 4.3 miles from Laramie. 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.