Do you need a snowblower in Wheat Ridge, CO?
What clears snow in Wheat Ridge
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Wheat Ridge about once every 1 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
A normal Wheat Ridge winter
- Snow a year
- 76 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 55
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.1 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 9.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Wheat Ridge
- Sep1.0
- Oct5.9
- Nov10.0
- Dec9.9
- Jan9.6
- Feb11.9
- Mar12.9
- Apr12.1
- May2.2
Snow worth clearing runs from September to May, heaviest in March. Start and service a machine in September.
Wheat Ridge and its neighbours
Wheat Ridge is number 5 of 53 Colorado towns here for snowfall; Steamboat Springs gets the most at 185 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arvada, CO | 5 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lakewood, CO | 5 | 58 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Golden, CO | 6 | 141 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Westminster, CO | 8 | 55 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Federal Heights, CO | 8 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Englewood, CO | 10 | 34 in | Gas single-stage |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Wheat Ridge 2, 0.7 miles from Wheat Ridge. 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.