Do you need a snowblower in Little Rock, AR?
What clears snow in Little Rock
A shovel is enough
A normal winter drops about 0.5 tons of snow on this driveway in Little Rock, spread over a few light falls. That is shovel work.
Get a wide plastic shovel with a bent handle before the first fall, and if you have a bad back, consider a cordless single-stage instead: the snow in Little Rock is light enough for one.
How much snow Little Rock gets
- Snow a year
- 4 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 3
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 10.0 times as much. Most of it melts within a few days, so in Little Rock waiting a day is often a real option.
On a two car driveway that is about 0.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Little Rock
- Dec0.6
- Jan1.1
- Feb1.6
- Mar0.5
Snow worth clearing runs from January to February, heaviest in February. Buy the shovel before the first fall, when stores still have them.
Towns near Little Rock
Little Rock is number 14 of 39 Arkansas towns here for snowfall; Siloam Springs gets the most at 13 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Little Rock, AR | 8 | 4 in | A shovel is enough |
| Maumelle, AR | 9 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Bryant, AR | 11 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Sherwood, AR | 12 | 4 in | A shovel is enough |
| Benton, AR | 16 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Jacksonville, AR | 17 | 4 in | A shovel is enough |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: What a winter of snow weighs and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Little Rock Airport Adams Field, 6.8 miles from Little Rock. 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.