Do you need a snowblower in Magna, UT?
The machine for a Magna driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Magna, about 3.0 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 Magna gets
- Snow a year
- 23 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 45
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.7 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Magna
- Oct0.1
- Nov3.9
- Dec7.9
- Jan5.6
- Feb2.9
- Mar2.2
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Magna and its neighbours
Magna is number 54 of 67 Utah towns here for snowfall; Bountiful gets the most at 119 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Valley City, UT | 10 | 52 in | Gas single-stage |
| Kearns, UT | 12 | 52 in | Gas single-stage |
| Salt Lake City, UT | 13 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Taylorsville, UT | 14 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| West Jordan, UT | 14 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| North Salt Lake, UT | 15 | 52 in | Gas single-stage |
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 Garfield, 2.6 miles from Magna. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.