Do you need a snowblower in Fargo, ND?
Your answer for Fargo
Gas single-stage
Fargo gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.9 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
A normal Fargo winter
- Snow a year
- 53 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 110
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.5 times 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 6.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Fargo
- Oct0.7
- Nov8.0
- Dec10.8
- Jan12.2
- Feb7.7
- Mar9.3
- Apr4.0
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Fargo and its neighbours
Fargo is the snowiest North Dakota town here for snowfall.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Fargo, ND | 4 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Moorhead, MN | 4 | 53 in | Gas single-stage |
| Detroit Lakes, MN | 47 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fergus Falls, MN | 54 | 50 in | Gas single-stage |
| Grand Forks, ND | 74 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Jamestown, ND | 88 | 46 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 Moorhead, 4.1 miles from Fargo. 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.