Do you need a snowblower in Hastings, NE?
What clears snow in Hastings
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Hastings, about 3.7 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.
How much snow Hastings gets
- Snow a year
- 29 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 37
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 3.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Hastings
- Oct1.2
- Nov2.3
- Dec5.6
- Jan6.5
- Feb7.5
- Mar3.8
- Apr1.7
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Hastings and its neighbours
Hastings is number 7 of 16 Nebraska towns here for snowfall; Scottsbluff gets the most at 40 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Island, NE | 23 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Kearney, NE | 37 | 22 in | A shovel is enough |
| Lexington, NE | 72 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Columbus, NE | 79 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Beatrice, NE | 89 | 19 in | A shovel is enough |
| Lincoln, NE | 91 | 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 Hastings 4N, 3.5 miles from Hastings. 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.