Do you need a snowblower in Harrison, AR?
What clears snow in Harrison
A shovel is enough
A normal winter drops about 1.2 tons of snow on this driveway in Harrison, spread over a few light falls. That is shovel work.
Get a wide plastic shovel with a bent handle before the first fall, and if you have a bad back, consider a cordless single-stage instead: the snow in Harrison is light enough for one.
How much snow Harrison gets
- Snow a year
- 10 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 3
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 3.3 times as much. Most of it melts within a few days, so in Harrison waiting a day is often a real option.
On a two car driveway that is about 1.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Harrison
- Nov0.2
- Dec1.5
- Jan2.2
- Feb3.4
- Mar2.2
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Buy the shovel before the first fall, when stores still have them.
Towns near Harrison
Harrison is number 7 of 39 Arkansas towns here for snowfall; Siloam Springs gets the most at 13 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Branson, MO | 27 | 7 in | A shovel is enough |
| Mountain Home, AR | 41 | 8 in | A shovel is enough |
| Ozark, MO | 55 | 7 in | A shovel is enough |
| Nixa, MO | 56 | 7 in | A shovel is enough |
| Pea Ridge, AR | 58 | 10 in | A shovel is enough |
| Lowell, AR | 58 | 10 in | A shovel is enough |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: What a winter of snow weighs and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Harrison, 3.3 miles from Harrison. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.