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Do you need a snowblower in Wyoming, MI?

Your answer for Wyoming

Two-stage snowblower

Wyoming averages 75 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.

Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.

What a Wyoming winter brings

Snow a year
75 in
Storms of 5 in or more
3.2 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 3 winters
Days with snow on the ground
73

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 9.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Wyoming

  1. Nov6.0
  2. Dec17.0
  3. Jan21.7
  4. Feb22.3
  5. Mar5.3
  6. Apr2.6

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

Towns near Wyoming

Wyoming is number 9 of 90 Michigan towns here for snowfall; Sault Ste. Marie gets the most at 120 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Grandville, MI275 inTwo-stage snowblower
Grand Rapids, MI675 inTwo-stage snowblower
Kentwood, MI678 inTwo-stage snowblower
East Grand Rapids, MI675 inTwo-stage snowblower
Walker, MI875 inTwo-stage snowblower
Holland, MI2275 inTwo-stage snowblower

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 E Grand Rapids, 5.8 miles from Wyoming. 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.