Do you need a snowblower in River Forest, IL?
What clears snow in River Forest
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in River Forest, about 5.5 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 River Forest winter
- Snow a year
- 42 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 55
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 5.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in River Forest
- Nov0.6
- Dec9.7
- Jan12.6
- Feb14.5
- Mar4.1
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
River Forest and its neighbours
River Forest is number 35 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Park, IL | 2 | 42 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Maywood, IL | 2 | 42 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Forest Park, IL | 2 | 42 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Elmwood Park, IL | 2 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| River Grove, IL | 2 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Melrose Park, IL | 2 | 42 in | Cordless 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 Oak Brook 2W, 8.7 miles from River Forest. 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.