Do you need a snowblower in Cloquet, MN?
What clears snow in Cloquet
Two-stage snowblower
Cloquet averages 71 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.
A normal Cloquet winter
- Snow a year
- 71 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 138
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.0 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 9.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Cloquet
- Oct1.8
- Nov9.6
- Dec15.9
- Jan13.5
- Feb13.5
- Mar10.3
- Apr6.4
- May0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Cloquet
Cloquet is number 2 of 103 Minnesota towns here for snowfall; Hermantown gets the most at 90 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hermantown, MN | 13 | 90 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Duluth, MN | 18 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Superior, WI | 20 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hibbing, MN | 51 | 60 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Grand Rapids, MN | 60 | 60 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Brainerd, MN | 85 | 48 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 Cloquet, 1.7 miles from Cloquet. 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.