Do you need a snowblower in Fort Wayne, IN?
What clears snow in Fort Wayne
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Fort Wayne, about 4.4 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 Fort Wayne winter brings
- Snow a year
- 34 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 38
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 4.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Fort Wayne
- Oct0.1
- Nov1.9
- Dec7.6
- Jan10.8
- Feb7.8
- Mar4.6
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Fort Wayne and its neighbours
Fort Wayne is number 15 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven, IN | 7 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Huntertown, IN | 9 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Columbia City, IN | 18 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Auburn, IN | 20 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Decatur, IN | 21 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Huntington, IN | 24 | 26 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 Wayne International Airport, 8.8 miles from Fort Wayne. 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.