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Do you need a snowblower in Wayne, MI?

Your answer for Wayne

Gas single-stage

Wayne 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.

How much snow Wayne gets

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 Wayne

  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.

Wayne and its neighbours

Wayne is number 41 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Westland, MI345 inGas single-stage
Inkster, MI445 inGas single-stage
Romulus, MI445 inGas single-stage
Garden City, MI431 inCordless single-stage
Dearborn Heights, MI731 inCordless 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 Detroit Metro Airport, 4.3 miles from Wayne. 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.