Do you need a snowblower in Owosso, MI?
What clears snow in Owosso
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Owosso, about 5.0 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.
A normal Owosso winter
- Snow a year
- 38 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
- 67
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 5.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Owosso
- Oct0.2
- Nov2.1
- Dec9.9
- Jan12.4
- Feb8.9
- Mar4.0
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Owosso and its neighbours
Owosso is number 50 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Lansing, MI | 23 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Flint, MI | 25 | 40 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Fenton, MI | 27 | 52 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lansing, MI | 28 | 50 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Burton, MI | 28 | 52 in | Gas single-stage |
| Saginaw, MI | 31 | 41 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 Owosso Wwtp, 1.5 miles from Owosso. 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.