Do you need a snowblower in South Lyon, MI?
The machine for a South Lyon driveway
Gas single-stage
South Lyon gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 8.0 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.
How much snow South Lyon gets
- Snow a year
- 61 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 59
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.7 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 8.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in South Lyon
- Oct0.1
- Nov4.1
- Dec12.7
- Jan18.3
- Feb15.3
- Mar8.3
- Apr2.6
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
South Lyon and its neighbours
South Lyon is number 18 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wixom, MI | 8 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Novi, MI | 9 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 13 | 59 in | Gas single-stage |
| Farmington, MI | 14 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Farmington Hills, MI | 14 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Livonia, MI | 15 | 36 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 Ann Arbor U Of Mich, 11.3 miles from South Lyon. 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.