Do you need a snowblower in East Chicago, IN?
The machine for a East Chicago driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in East Chicago, about 3.5 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 East Chicago winter brings
- Snow a year
- 27 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 29
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in East Chicago
- Nov0.4
- Dec4.7
- Jan10.3
- Feb6.3
- Mar4.3
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
East Chicago and its neighbours
East Chicago is number 32 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond, IN | 3 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Calumet City, IL | 6 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Gary, IN | 7 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Highland, IN | 7 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Munster, IN | 7 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Lansing, IL | 7 | 28 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 Crown Pt 1N, 15.3 miles from East Chicago. 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.