Do you need a snowblower in Brookings, SD?
The machine for a Brookings driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Brookings, about 4.7 tons a winter on this driveway, but it comes in shallow storms a small cordless machine can take in.
Before you buy, check the battery is rated to clear the whole driveway in one charge in the cold, or get a second battery. Batteries lose range below freezing.
A normal Brookings winter
- Snow a year
- 36 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 83
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 4.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Brookings
- Oct1.1
- Nov4.7
- Dec6.8
- Jan5.5
- Feb7.1
- Mar6.4
- Apr4.1
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Brookings
Brookings is number 14 of 14 South Dakota towns here for snowfall; Spearfish gets the most at 71 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watertown, SD | 46 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Brandon, SD | 50 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Marshall, MN | 50 | 44 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 53 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Harrisburg, SD | 60 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Huron, SD | 70 | 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 Brookings 2 NE, 1.8 miles from Brookings. 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.