Do you need a snowblower in Sheridan, WY?
The machine for a Sheridan driveway
Gas single-stage
Sheridan gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 4.3 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
A normal Sheridan winter
- Snow a year
- 33 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 75
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 4.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Sheridan
- Sep0.1
- Oct2.4
- Nov3.1
- Dec5.2
- Jan7.8
- Feb4.2
- Mar4.5
- Apr5.3
- May0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Sheridan
Sheridan is number 10 of 11 Wyoming towns here for snowfall; Casper gets the most at 82 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gillette, WY | 81 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Billings, MT | 103 | 57 in | Gas single-stage |
| Cody, WY | 105 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Casper, WY | 139 | 82 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Riverton, WY | 141 | 44 in | Gas single-stage |
| Spearfish, SD | 156 | 71 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Sheridan Field Station, 6.9 miles from Sheridan. 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.