Do you need a snowblower in Goshen, IN?
The machine for a Goshen driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Goshen, about 5.9 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.
How much snow Goshen gets
- Snow a year
- 45 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 48
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 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 5.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Goshen
- Oct0.1
- Nov3.4
- Dec9.9
- Jan13.8
- Feb11.4
- Mar5.4
- Apr1.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Goshen
Goshen is number 6 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhart, IN | 11 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Mishawaka, IN | 19 | 50 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Warsaw, IN | 23 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| South Bend, IN | 24 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Sturgis, MI | 26 | 41 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Niles, MI | 28 | 63 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 Goshen 3SW, 2.9 miles from Goshen. 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.