Do you need a snowblower in Mishawaka, IN?
Your answer for Mishawaka
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Mishawaka, about 6.5 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.
A normal Mishawaka winter
- Snow a year
- 50 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 52
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.4 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 6.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Mishawaka
- Nov4.1
- Dec9.4
- Jan16.8
- Feb14.3
- Mar4.0
- Apr1.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Mishawaka and its neighbours
Mishawaka is number 5 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bend, IN | 5 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Elkhart, IN | 11 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Niles, MI | 12 | 63 in | Gas single-stage |
| Goshen, IN | 19 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Plymouth, IN | 24 | 55 in | Gas single-stage |
| La Porte, IN | 29 | 65 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 South Bend 4.6 SE, 4.6 miles from Mishawaka. 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.