Do you need a snowblower in Rockford, IL?
What clears snow in Rockford
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Rockford, about 4.8 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.
What a Rockford winter brings
- Snow a year
- 37 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
- 55
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 4.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Rockford
- Oct0.2
- Nov2.3
- Dec9.4
- Jan10.9
- Feb8.5
- Mar4.9
- Apr0.9
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Rockford and its neighbours
Rockford is number 82 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loves Park, IL | 6 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Machesney Park, IL | 8 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Belvidere, IL | 9 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Roscoe, IL | 12 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Beloit, WI | 18 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sycamore, IL | 27 | 39 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 Rockford Gtr Rockford Airport, 4.8 miles from Rockford. 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.