Do you need a snowblower in Menomonie, WI?
Your answer for Menomonie
Gas single-stage
Menomonie gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.3 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
A normal Menomonie winter
- Snow a year
- 41 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 91
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 5.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Menomonie
- Oct0.2
- Nov3.5
- Dec6.3
- Jan9.7
- Feb11.0
- Mar7.3
- Apr2.4
- May0.5
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Menomonie and its neighbours
Menomonie is number 66 of 98 Wisconsin towns here for snowfall; Weston gets the most at 64 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eau Claire, WI | 21 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Chippewa Falls, WI | 26 | 55 in | Gas single-stage |
| River Falls, WI | 35 | 50 in | Gas single-stage |
| New Richmond, WI | 35 | 50 in | Gas single-stage |
| Red Wing, MN | 40 | 44 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hudson, WI | 40 | 50 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 Menomonie, 1.7 miles from Menomonie. 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.