Do you need a snowblower in Le Mars, IA?
What clears snow in Le Mars
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Le Mars, 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 Le Mars winter brings
- Snow a year
- 31 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 70
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 Le Mars
- Oct0.4
- Nov2.6
- Dec6.0
- Jan7.8
- Feb7.5
- Mar4.6
- Apr1.9
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Le Mars and its neighbours
Le Mars is number 26 of 41 Iowa towns here for snowfall; Mason City gets the most at 44 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux City, IA | 23 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| South Sioux City, NE | 25 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Vermillion, SD | 38 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Storm Lake, IA | 51 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Harrisburg, SD | 53 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Spencer, IA | 57 | 43 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 Le Mars, 1.4 miles from Le Mars. 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.