Do you need a snowblower in Ogden, UT?
What clears snow in Ogden
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Ogden about once a winter. 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.
A normal Ogden winter
- Snow a year
- 108 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 6.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 116
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 3.0 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 14.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Ogden
- Oct0.9
- Nov11.6
- Dec26.3
- Jan28.7
- Feb23.1
- Mar11.6
- Apr5.5
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Ogden and its neighbours
Ogden is number 3 of 67 Utah towns here for snowfall; Bountiful gets the most at 119 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Ogden, UT | 4 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| West Haven, UT | 5 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| Roy, UT | 6 | 23 in | Gas single-stage |
| North Ogden, UT | 6 | 108 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Pleasant View, UT | 7 | 108 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Clinton, UT | 8 | 23 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 Pineview Dam, 7.1 miles from Ogden. 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.