Do you need a snowblower in Morris, IL?
What clears snow in Morris
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Morris, about 3.2 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 Morris gets
- Snow a year
- 25 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
- 37
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Morris
- Nov1.1
- Dec5.3
- Jan7.4
- Feb7.5
- Mar2.9
- Apr0.5
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Morris
Morris is number 162 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channahon, IL | 9 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Minooka, IL | 9 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Shorewood, IL | 14 | 17 in | A shovel is enough |
| Joliet, IL | 17 | 17 in | A shovel is enough |
| Plainfield, IL | 19 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Yorkville, IL | 19 | 28 in | Cordless 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 Morris 1 NW, 0.8 miles from Morris. 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.