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Do you need a snowblower in Pingree Grove, IL?

The machine for a Pingree Grove driveway

Cordless single-stage

Plenty falls in Pingree Grove, about 4.2 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 Pingree Grove gets

Snow a year
32 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.2 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
almost never
Days with snow on the ground
44

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 4.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Pingree Grove

  1. Nov1.4
  2. Dec8.7
  3. Jan9.5
  4. Feb8.0
  5. Mar3.7
  6. Apr0.8

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

Towns near Pingree Grove

Pingree Grove is number 125 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Huntley, IL535 inCordless single-stage
Elgin, IL632 inCordless single-stage
Carpentersville, IL832 inCordless single-stage
Algonquin, IL832 inCordless single-stage
Lake in the Hills, IL935 inCordless single-stage
South Elgin, IL946 inGas 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 Elgin, 7.7 miles from Pingree Grove. 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.