Do you need a snowblower in Provo, UT?
The machine for a Provo driveway
Gas single-stage
Provo gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.8 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.
A normal Provo winter
- Snow a year
- 45 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 41
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.2 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 5.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Provo
- Oct0.6
- Nov4.6
- Dec11.2
- Jan12.5
- Feb8.7
- Mar4.0
- Apr3.1
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Provo
Provo is number 38 of 67 Utah towns here for snowfall; Bountiful gets the most at 119 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orem, UT | 5 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Springville, UT | 6 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Vineyard, UT | 7 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lindon, UT | 8 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Spanish Fork, UT | 9 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Mapleton, UT | 10 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Provo Byu, 0.3 miles from Provo. 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.