Do you need a snowblower in Minot, ND?
The machine for a Minot driveway
Gas single-stage
Minot gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.9 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.
What a Minot winter brings
- Snow a year
- 45 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 113
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 times 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 5.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Minot
- Sep0.1
- Oct1.2
- Nov9.2
- Dec8.1
- Jan9.8
- Feb5.4
- Mar6.1
- Apr4.5
- May0.7
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in September.
Minot and its neighbours
Minot is number 8 of 9 North Dakota towns here for snowfall; Fargo gets the most at 53 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandan, ND | 99 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Bismarck, ND | 101 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Williston, ND | 109 | 48 in | Gas single-stage |
| Dickinson, ND | 117 | 35 in | Gas single-stage |
| Jamestown, ND | 151 | 46 in | Gas single-stage |
| Grand Forks, ND | 195 | 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 Minot International Airport, 1.3 miles from Minot. 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.