Do you need a snowblower in Salem, UT?
Your answer for Salem
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Salem about once every 2 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
What a Salem winter brings
- Snow a year
- 66 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 2 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 61
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.8 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 8.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Salem
- Oct0.5
- Nov7.4
- Dec15.7
- Jan17.3
- Feb14.1
- Mar6.8
- Apr4.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Salem and its neighbours
Salem is number 17 of 67 Utah towns here for snowfall; Bountiful gets the most at 119 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Payson, UT | 4 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Spanish Fork, UT | 4 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Mapleton, UT | 7 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Springville, UT | 8 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Santaquin, UT | 9 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Provo, UT | 13 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Spanish Fk Pwr House, 3.7 miles from Salem. 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.