Do you need a snowblower in Pontiac, IL?
Your answer for Pontiac
Gas single-stage
Pontiac gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.3 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
How much snow Pontiac gets
- Snow a year
- 25 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 31
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. 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 3.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Pontiac
- Nov0.7
- Dec5.7
- Jan6.7
- Feb8.0
- Mar3.4
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Pontiac
Pontiac is number 160 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streator, IL | 19 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Normal, IL | 31 | 7 in | A shovel is enough |
| Bloomington, IL | 33 | 7 in | A shovel is enough |
| Ottawa, IL | 33 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Morris, IL | 36 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Channahon, IL | 42 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Pontiac, 0.8 miles from Pontiac. 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.