Do you need a snowblower in Fort Atkinson, WI?
What clears snow in Fort Atkinson
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Fort Atkinson, about 4.7 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 Fort Atkinson winter
- Snow a year
- 36 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 65
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 4.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Fort Atkinson
- Oct0.1
- Nov2.1
- Dec8.7
- Jan10.7
- Feb9.4
- Mar4.0
- Apr1.2
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Fort Atkinson
Fort Atkinson is number 90 of 98 Wisconsin towns here for snowfall; Weston gets the most at 64 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater, WI | 8 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Janesville, WI | 19 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Stoughton, WI | 19 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Watertown, WI | 19 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Oconomowoc, WI | 22 | 40 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Elkhorn, WI | 23 | 40 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 Ft Atkinson, 1.5 miles from Fort Atkinson. 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.