Do you need a snowblower in Idaho Falls, ID?
The machine for a Idaho Falls driveway
Two-stage snowblower
Idaho Falls averages 66 inches a year, among the snowiest towns in the country. Volume alone needs a two-stage machine.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
What a Idaho Falls winter brings
- Snow a year
- 66 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 111
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 1.8 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 8.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Idaho Falls
- Oct1.7
- Nov7.6
- Dec16.0
- Jan17.0
- Feb11.8
- Mar7.6
- Apr2.9
- May0.9
- Jun0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in September.
Idaho Falls and its neighbours
Idaho Falls is number 2 of 26 Idaho towns here for snowfall; Rexburg gets the most at 70 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammon, ID | 4 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Blackfoot, ID | 26 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Rexburg, ID | 26 | 70 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Chubbuck, ID | 44 | 64 in | Gas single-stage |
| Pocatello, ID | 48 | 30 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Jackson, WY | 63 | 78 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Idaho Falls 16 SE, 16.0 miles from Idaho Falls. 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.
- The two nearest weather stations sit at very different heights, and the second one averages 15 inches a year. Hills around Idaho Falls can get a lot more or less than this.