Do you need a snowblower in Washington, IL?
Your answer for Washington
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Washington, about 3.1 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 Washington winter
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 32
Light, below most snowy cities. 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 3.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Washington
- Nov0.7
- Dec5.8
- Jan7.1
- Feb6.5
- Mar2.9
- Apr0.9
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Washington and its neighbours
Washington is number 175 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Peoria, IL | 6 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Morton, IL | 7 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Peoria, IL | 10 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Pekin, IL | 14 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Normal, IL | 26 | 7 in | A shovel is enough |
| Bloomington, IL | 29 | 7 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Morton, 7.5 miles from Washington. 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.