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Do you need a snowblower in Lawrence, IN?

Your answer for Lawrence

Cordless single-stage

Plenty falls in Lawrence, about 3.5 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.

How much snow Lawrence gets

Snow a year
27 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
30

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.

On a two car driveway that is about 3.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.

When the snow comes in Lawrence

  1. Nov0.6
  2. Dec6.7
  3. Jan8.4
  4. Feb7.2
  5. Mar3.6
  6. Apr0.2

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

Towns near Lawrence

Lawrence is number 25 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
McCordsville, IN427 inCordless single-stage
Fishers, IN727 inCordless single-stage
Indianapolis, IN1026 inCordless single-stage
Carmel, IN1120 inA shovel is enough
Beech Grove, IN1226 inCordless single-stage
Noblesville, IN1220 inA shovel is enough

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 Castleton 2 S, 3.4 miles from Lawrence. 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.