Do you need a snowblower in Elko, NV?
Your answer for Elko
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Elko, about 5.4 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 Elko winter brings
- Snow a year
- 41 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 49
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 5.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Elko
- Oct0.5
- Nov4.1
- Dec10.2
- Jan10.4
- Feb6.8
- Mar5.5
- Apr3.3
- May0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Elko and its neighbours
Elko is the snowiest Nevada town here for snowfall.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Falls, ID | 137 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Jerome, ID | 145 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Burley, ID | 156 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Mountain Home, ID | 159 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Grantsville, UT | 173 | 33 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Tooele, UT | 182 | 75 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Elko Regional Airport, 1.3 miles from Elko. 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.