Do you need a snowblower in Bloomington, MN?
What clears snow in Bloomington
Gas single-stage
Bloomington gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.7 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.
A normal Bloomington winter
- Snow a year
- 51 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 90
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.4 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 6.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Bloomington
- Oct0.8
- Nov6.8
- Dec11.4
- Jan11.0
- Feb9.5
- Mar8.2
- Apr3.5
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Bloomington and its neighbours
Bloomington is number 31 of 103 Minnesota towns here for snowfall; Hermantown gets the most at 90 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richfield, MN | 3 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Edina, MN | 5 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Burnsville, MN | 5 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Savage, MN | 5 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Eden Prairie, MN | 7 | 55 in | Gas single-stage |
| Eagan, MN | 8 | 51 in | Gas 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 Minneapolis/St Paul Airport, 5.6 miles from Bloomington. 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.