Do you need a snowblower in Sterling, CO?
What clears snow in Sterling
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Sterling, about 4.8 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
How much snow Sterling gets
- Snow a year
- 37 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 43
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 4.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Sterling
- Sep0.4
- Oct2.3
- Nov5.0
- Dec6.2
- Jan4.7
- Feb6.4
- Mar5.6
- Apr5.1
- May0.9
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Sterling and its neighbours
Sterling is number 39 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Morgan, CO | 40 | 23 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Evans, CO | 84 | 35 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Greeley, CO | 84 | 35 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Severance, CO | 88 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Scottsbluff, NE | 90 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Windsor, CO | 91 | 48 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 Leroy 5 WSW, 12.9 miles from Sterling. 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.