Do you need a snowblower in Norton Shores, MI?
What clears snow in Norton Shores
Two-stage snowblower
Norton Shores averages 87 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
What a Norton Shores winter brings
- Snow a year
- 87 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 74
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.4 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 11.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Norton Shores
- Nov6.5
- Dec22.3
- Jan29.1
- Feb20.0
- Mar7.5
- Apr1.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Norton Shores and its neighbours
Norton Shores is number 5 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskegon, MI | 4 | 87 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Grand Haven, MI | 8 | 87 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Walker, MI | 27 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Holland, MI | 29 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Grandville, MI | 31 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Grand Rapids, MI | 33 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Muskegon County Airport, 0.1 miles from Norton Shores. 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.