Do you need a snowblower in Roscoe, IL?
What clears snow in Roscoe
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Roscoe, about 4.9 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 Roscoe winter
- Snow a year
- 38 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
- 66
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 4.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Roscoe
- Nov2.7
- Dec9.9
- Jan8.6
- Feb10.9
- Mar4.4
- Apr1.5
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Roscoe
Roscoe is number 81 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Machesney Park, IL | 4 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Loves Park, IL | 6 | 38 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Beloit, WI | 7 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Rockford, IL | 12 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Belvidere, IL | 13 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Janesville, WI | 18 | 37 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 Roscoe 2 SE, 2.1 miles from Roscoe. 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.