Do you need a snowblower in Minneapolis, MN?
Your answer for Minneapolis
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Minneapolis, about 5.3 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.
A normal Minneapolis winter
- Snow a year
- 40 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 62
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 Minneapolis
- Oct0.5
- Nov3.0
- Dec10.2
- Jan8.3
- Feb12.3
- Mar4.0
- Apr2.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Minneapolis and its neighbours
Minneapolis is number 72 of 103 Minnesota towns here for snowfall; Hermantown gets the most at 90 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Valley, MN | 5 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| St. Louis Park, MN | 5 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Robbinsdale, MN | 5 | 54 in | Gas single-stage |
| Columbia Heights, MN | 6 | 40 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Richfield, MN | 6 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Roseville, MN | 7 | 40 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 U Of Mn St Paul, 4.7 miles from Minneapolis. 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.