Do you need a snowblower in Moline, IL?
What clears snow in Moline
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Moline, about 4.7 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 Moline winter
- Snow a year
- 36 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.4 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 51
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 4.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Moline
- Oct0.3
- Nov2.1
- Dec8.8
- Jan10.8
- Feb8.6
- Mar4.4
- Apr1.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Moline and its neighbours
Moline is number 85 of 225 Illinois towns here for snowfall; St. Charles gets the most at 46 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Island, IL | 5 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Bettendorf, IA | 6 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| East Moline, IL | 6 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Davenport, IA | 8 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Clinton, IA | 28 | 32 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Muscatine, IA | 30 | 24 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 Moline Quad City International Airport, 1.9 miles from Moline. 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.