Do you need a snowblower in Wellington, CO?
The machine for a Wellington driveway
Gas single-stage
Wellington gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 4.4 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 Wellington gets
- Snow a year
- 34 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 44
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 4.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Wellington
- Oct2.8
- Nov4.3
- Dec5.6
- Jan3.8
- Feb5.8
- Mar7.9
- Apr2.2
- May1.2
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in March. Start and service a machine in September.
Wellington and its neighbours
Wellington is number 46 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Collins, CO | 11 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Timnath, CO | 11 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Severance, CO | 15 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Windsor, CO | 16 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Loveland, CO | 20 | 47 in | Gas single-stage |
| Greeley, CO | 23 | 35 in | Cordless 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 Fcl 3.1 NE, 5.9 miles from Wellington. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.