Do you need a snowblower in Sandy, UT?
The machine for a Sandy driveway
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Sandy about 1.7 times a winter. 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.
A normal Sandy winter
- Snow a year
- 82 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 5.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about 1.7 times a winter
- Days with snow on the ground
- 69
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.3 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 10.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Sandy
- Oct1.5
- Nov8.2
- Dec23.3
- Jan17.0
- Feb18.4
- Mar7.6
- Apr5.6
- May0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Sandy and its neighbours
Sandy is number 6 of 67 Utah towns here for snowfall; Bountiful gets the most at 119 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood Heights, UT | 3 | 82 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Midvale, UT | 4 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Draper, UT | 5 | 74 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Murray, UT | 6 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Holladay, UT | 6 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Riverton, UT | 7 | 74 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Cottonwood Weir, 4.8 miles from Sandy. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.