Do you need a snowblower in Crystal, MN?
What clears snow in Crystal
Gas single-stage
Crystal gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 7.1 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 Crystal winter
- Snow a year
- 54 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 104
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.5 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 7.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Crystal
- Oct0.8
- Nov6.9
- Dec12.3
- Jan10.1
- Feb10.1
- Mar9.0
- Apr5.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Crystal and its neighbours
Crystal is number 18 of 103 Minnesota towns here for snowfall; Hermantown gets the most at 90 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope, MN | 1 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Robbinsdale, MN | 2 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Brooklyn Center, MN | 3 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Golden Valley, MN | 3 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Brooklyn Park, MN | 5 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Plymouth, MN | 5 | 54 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 NEW Hope, 2.1 miles from Crystal. 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.