Do you need a snowblower in Southgate, MI?
The machine for a Southgate driveway
Gas single-stage
Southgate gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 7.0 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 Southgate gets
- Snow a year
- 54 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 57
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.5 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 7.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Southgate
- Nov2.2
- Dec10.9
- Jan13.9
- Feb17.0
- Mar7.5
- Apr1.9
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Southgate
Southgate is number 24 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview, MI | 2 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Wyandotte, MI | 3 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lincoln Park, MI | 3 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Taylor, MI | 3 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Allen Park, MI | 4 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Trenton, MI | 5 | 54 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 Wyandotte, 2.2 miles from Southgate. 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.