Do you need a snowblower in Brainerd, MN?
What clears snow in Brainerd
Gas single-stage
Brainerd gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.3 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.
What a Brainerd winter brings
- Snow a year
- 48 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 118
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 6.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Brainerd
- Oct0.7
- Nov5.7
- Dec10.0
- Jan10.0
- Feb8.3
- Mar9.2
- Apr4.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Brainerd
Brainerd is number 44 of 103 Minnesota towns here for snowfall; Hermantown gets the most at 90 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sartell, MN | 51 | 57 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sauk Rapids, MN | 53 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| St. Cloud, MN | 57 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Alexandria, MN | 65 | 46 in | Gas single-stage |
| Grand Rapids, MN | 69 | 60 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Cambridge, MN | 72 | 44 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 Brainerd, 1.0 miles from Brainerd. 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.