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Do you need a snowblower in Huntertown, IN?

The machine for a Huntertown driveway

Cordless single-stage

Plenty falls in Huntertown, about 4.7 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.

A normal Huntertown winter

Snow a year
36 in
Storms of 5 in or more
0.9 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
almost never
Days with snow on the ground
39

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 4.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Huntertown

  1. Oct0.1
  2. Nov2.5
  3. Dec7.1
  4. Jan10.6
  5. Feb9.7
  6. Mar4.8
  7. Apr1.2

Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.

Huntertown and its neighbours

Huntertown is number 13 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Fort Wayne, IN934 inCordless single-stage
Auburn, IN1236 inCordless single-stage
New Haven, IN1334 inCordless single-stage
Kendallville, IN1630 inCordless single-stage
Columbia City, IN1721 inA shovel is enough
Huntington, IN2926 inCordless 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 Garrett 1 S, 8.5 miles from Huntertown. 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.