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Do you need a snowblower in Matteson, IL?

Your answer for Matteson

Cordless single-stage

Plenty falls in Matteson, about 3.7 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 Matteson gets

Snow a year
28 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.2 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 10 winters
Days with snow on the ground
46

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.

On a two car driveway that is about 3.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Matteson

  1. Oct0.2
  2. Nov0.9
  3. Dec4.0
  4. Jan10.2
  5. Feb7.5
  6. Mar4.9
  7. Apr0.5

Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.

Matteson and its neighbours

Matteson is number 143 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Richton Park, IL228 inCordless single-stage
Park Forest, IL428 inCordless single-stage
Country Club Hills, IL428 inCordless single-stage
Tinley Park, IL528 inCordless single-stage
Hazel Crest, IL528 inCordless single-stage
Homewood, IL628 inCordless 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 Park Forest, 3.5 miles from Matteson. 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.