Do you need a snowblower in Sterling Heights, MI?
Your answer for Sterling Heights
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Sterling Heights, about 4.2 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 Heights gets
- Snow a year
- 32 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 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 4.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Sterling Heights
- Nov1.3
- Dec5.9
- Jan10.6
- Feb8.5
- Mar5.2
- Apr0.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Sterling Heights
Sterling Heights is number 71 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser, MI | 5 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Troy, MI | 6 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Warren, MI | 6 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Madison Heights, MI | 6 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Clawson, MI | 7 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Roseville, MI | 7 | 28 in | Cordless 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 Mt Clemens Ang Base, 10.9 miles from Sterling Heights. 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.