Do you need a snowblower in Indianola, IA?
The machine for a Indianola driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Indianola, about 4.0 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.
What a Indianola winter brings
- Snow a year
- 31 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 52
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 4.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Indianola
- Oct0.5
- Nov1.9
- Dec6.7
- Jan8.5
- Feb8.2
- Mar3.7
- Apr1.0
- May0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Indianola
Indianola is number 27 of 41 Iowa towns here for snowfall; Mason City gets the most at 44 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norwalk, IA | 11 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Des Moines, IA | 15 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Pleasant Hill, IA | 17 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| West Des Moines, IA | 17 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Altoona, IA | 20 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Clive, IA | 21 | 37 in | Gas 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 Indianola 2W, 4.3 miles from Indianola. 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.