Do you need a snowblower in Decatur, IN?
Your answer for Decatur
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Decatur, about 3.7 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.
What a Decatur winter brings
- Snow a year
- 28 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 38
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Decatur
- Nov1.2
- Dec5.5
- Jan9.2
- Feb7.5
- Mar4.2
- Apr0.5
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Decatur
Decatur is number 23 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluffton, IN | 14 | 23 in | Cordless single-stage |
| New Haven, IN | 17 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Van Wert, OH | 18 | 17 in | A shovel is enough |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 21 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Celina, OH | 27 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Huntertown, IN | 29 | 36 in | Cordless 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 Decatur 1 N, 1.3 miles from Decatur. 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.