Do you need a snowblower in McCordsville, IN?
The machine for a McCordsville driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in McCordsville, 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.
What a McCordsville winter brings
- 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 McCordsville
- Nov0.6
- Dec6.7
- Jan8.4
- Feb7.2
- Mar3.6
- Apr0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near McCordsville
McCordsville is number 26 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence, IN | 4 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Fishers, IN | 5 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Greenfield, IN | 11 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Noblesville, IN | 11 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Carmel, IN | 13 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Indianapolis, IN | 15 | 26 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 Castleton 2 S, 7.2 miles from McCordsville. 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.