Do you need a snowblower in Grand Island, NE?
The machine for a Grand Island driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Grand Island, about 3.6 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 Grand Island gets
- Snow a year
- 28 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 38
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Grand Island
- Sep0.1
- Oct1.1
- Nov2.3
- Dec4.7
- Jan6.8
- Feb7.3
- Mar3.8
- Apr1.6
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Grand Island
Grand Island is number 8 of 16 Nebraska towns here for snowfall; Scottsbluff gets the most at 40 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings, NE | 23 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Kearney, NE | 41 | 22 in | A shovel is enough |
| Columbus, NE | 63 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Lexington, NE | 73 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Lincoln, NE | 88 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Norfolk, NE | 90 | 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 Grand Island Airport, 3.6 miles from Grand Island. 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.