Do you need a snowblower in Lowell, IN?
Your answer for Lowell
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Lowell, about 3.9 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 Lowell gets
- Snow a year
- 30 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 39
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 3.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Lowell
- Oct0.2
- Nov0.9
- Dec5.9
- Jan9.7
- Feb9.3
- Mar3.4
- Apr0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Lowell and its neighbours
Lowell is number 18 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lake, IN | 6 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Crown Point, IN | 9 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| St. John, IN | 11 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Schererville, IN | 14 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Merrillville, IN | 14 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Dyer, IN | 15 | 28 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 Lowell, 1.8 miles from Lowell. 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.