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Do you need a snowblower in Trenton, MI?

Your answer for Trenton

Gas single-stage

Trenton gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 7.0 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 Trenton gets

Snow a year
54 in
Storms of 5 in or more
2.1 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 5 winters
Days with snow on the ground
57

Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.5 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 7.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Trenton

  1. Nov2.2
  2. Dec10.9
  3. Jan13.9
  4. Feb17.0
  5. Mar7.5
  6. Apr1.9
  7. May0.1

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

Towns near Trenton

Trenton is number 27 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Woodhaven, MI254 inGas single-stage
Riverview, MI254 inGas single-stage
Southgate, MI554 inGas single-stage
Flat Rock, MI554 inGas single-stage
Wyandotte, MI554 inGas single-stage
Taylor, MI745 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 Wyandotte, 5.0 miles from Trenton. 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.