Do you need a snowblower in Streator, IL?
The machine for a Streator driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Streator, about 3.4 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.
A normal Streator winter
- Snow a year
- 26 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 30
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Streator
- Nov0.8
- Dec6.8
- Jan9.6
- Feb4.8
- Mar3.7
- Apr0.7
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Streator and its neighbours
Streator is number 156 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ottawa, IL | 16 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Pontiac, IL | 19 | 25 in | Gas single-stage |
| Morris, IL | 27 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Channahon, IL | 36 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Minooka, IL | 36 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Plano, IL | 41 | 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 Streator 3 SE, 2.5 miles from Streator. 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.