Do you need a snowblower in Elkhart, IN?
Your answer for Elkhart
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Elkhart, about 4.8 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 Elkhart winter
- Snow a year
- 37 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 40
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 4.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Elkhart
- Nov1.9
- Dec8.0
- Jan11.7
- Feb11.2
- Mar3.7
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Elkhart
Elkhart is number 11 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mishawaka, IN | 11 | 50 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Goshen, IN | 11 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| South Bend, IN | 16 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Niles, MI | 18 | 63 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sturgis, MI | 29 | 41 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Plymouth, IN | 30 | 55 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 Elkhart Pub Wks & Ut, 2.3 miles from Elkhart. 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.