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Do you need a snowblower in Taylor, MI?

What clears snow in Taylor

Gas single-stage

Taylor gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.9 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.

A normal Taylor winter

Snow a year
45 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.7 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 5 winters
Days with snow on the ground
47

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 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 5.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Taylor

  1. Nov1.9
  2. Dec8.9
  3. Jan14.0
  4. Feb12.5
  5. Mar6.2
  6. Apr1.5

Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.

Taylor and its neighbours

Taylor is number 38 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Southgate, MI354 inGas single-stage
Allen Park, MI454 inGas single-stage
Lincoln Park, MI554 inGas single-stage
Romulus, MI545 inGas single-stage
Riverview, MI554 inGas single-stage
Inkster, MI545 inGas 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 Detroit Metro Airport, 3.3 miles from Taylor. 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.