Do you need a snowblower in Manitowoc, WI?
What clears snow in Manitowoc
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Manitowoc, about 4.5 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.
What a Manitowoc winter brings
- Snow a year
- 35 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
- 78
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 4.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Manitowoc
- Oct0.2
- Nov0.9
- Dec11.1
- Jan7.8
- Feb10.0
- Mar3.2
- Apr1.4
Snow worth clearing runs from December to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in November.
Manitowoc and its neighbours
Manitowoc is number 97 of 98 Wisconsin towns here for snowfall; Weston gets the most at 64 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Rivers, WI | 6 | 46 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sheboygan, WI | 25 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Bellevue, WI | 29 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| De Pere, WI | 30 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Allouez, WI | 31 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Harrison, WI | 31 | 49 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 Manitowoc, 1.5 miles from Manitowoc. 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.