Do you need a snowblower in Kendallville, IN?
The machine for a Kendallville driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Kendallville, about 3.8 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 Kendallville winter
- Snow a year
- 30 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 41
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Kendallville
- Nov1.1
- Dec5.3
- Jan8.9
- Feb10.2
- Mar3.6
- Apr0.4
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Kendallville
Kendallville is number 19 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn, IN | 12 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Huntertown, IN | 16 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Columbia City, IN | 22 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 25 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Sturgis, MI | 26 | 41 in | Cordless single-stage |
| New Haven, IN | 29 | 34 in | Cordless 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, 9.7 miles from Kendallville. 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.