Do you need a snowblower in Moscow, ID?
What clears snow in Moscow
Gas single-stage
Moscow gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 6.6 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.
How much snow Moscow gets
- Snow a year
- 51 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 46
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 6.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Moscow
- Oct0.2
- Nov6.0
- Dec15.5
- Jan14.5
- Feb8.6
- Mar4.9
- Apr1.0
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Moscow and its neighbours
Moscow is number 6 of 26 Idaho towns here for snowfall; Rexburg gets the most at 70 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pullman, WA | 8 | 33 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Lewiston, ID | 23 | 13 in | A shovel is enough |
| Cheney, WA | 59 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 65 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 65 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane, WA | 68 | 45 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 Moscow U Of I, 2.0 miles from Moscow. 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.