Do you need a snowblower in Jamestown, ND?
What clears snow in Jamestown
Gas single-stage
Jamestown gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.0 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
What a Jamestown winter brings
- Snow a year
- 46 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 114
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 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 6.0 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Jamestown
- Oct1.9
- Nov4.2
- Dec11.8
- Jan11.4
- Feb7.4
- Mar6.5
- Apr2.5
- May0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Jamestown and its neighbours
Jamestown is number 7 of 9 North Dakota towns here for snowfall; Fargo gets the most at 53 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Fargo, ND | 85 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fargo, ND | 88 | 53 in | Gas single-stage |
| Moorhead, MN | 92 | 53 in | Gas single-stage |
| Bismarck, ND | 98 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Aberdeen, SD | 100 | 43 in | Gas single-stage |
| Grand Forks, ND | 103 | 49 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 Jamestown State Hosp, 1.5 miles from Jamestown. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.