Do you need a snowblower in Elkhorn, WI?
What clears snow in Elkhorn
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Elkhorn, about 5.2 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 Elkhorn winter
- Snow a year
- 40 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 60
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 5.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Elkhorn
- Oct0.2
- Nov3.4
- Dec7.1
- Jan13.9
- Feb8.1
- Mar4.8
- Apr2.6
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Elkhorn
Elkhorn is number 67 of 98 Wisconsin towns here for snowfall; Weston gets the most at 64 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington, WI | 13 | 38 in | Gas single-stage |
| Whitewater, WI | 15 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Salem Lakes, WI | 23 | 43 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fort Atkinson, WI | 23 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Janesville, WI | 24 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fox Lake, IL | 25 | 43 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 Lake Geneva Wwtp, 7.5 miles from Elkhorn. 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.