Do you need a snowblower in Sycamore, IL?
Your answer for Sycamore
Gas single-stage
Sycamore gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.1 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 Sycamore gets
- Snow a year
- 39 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 53
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 5.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Sycamore
- Oct0.1
- Nov2.2
- Dec9.6
- Jan10.4
- Feb10.6
- Mar4.5
- Apr1.5
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Sycamore
Sycamore is number 37 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeKalb, IL | 6 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Campton Hills, IL | 14 | 39 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Pingree Grove, IL | 14 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Huntley, IL | 17 | 35 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Elgin, IL | 18 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| South Elgin, IL | 19 | 46 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 Genoa 2SW, 5.6 miles from Sycamore. 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.