Do you need a snowblower in Hermantown, MN?
Your answer for Hermantown
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Hermantown about once every 1 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
What a Hermantown winter brings
- Snow a year
- 90 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 4.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 137
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.5 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 11.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Hermantown
- Sep0.1
- Oct2.7
- Nov14.1
- Dec18.7
- Jan16.8
- Feb15.1
- Mar12.8
- Apr9.1
- May0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Hermantown and its neighbours
Hermantown is the snowiest Minnesota town here for snowfall.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth, MN | 5 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Superior, WI | 11 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Cloquet, MN | 13 | 71 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hibbing, MN | 53 | 60 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Grand Rapids, MN | 68 | 60 in | Cordless single-stage |
| North Branch, MN | 96 | 52 in | Gas single-stage |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Duluth, 2.8 miles from Hermantown. 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.