Do you need a snowblower in Muscatine, IA?
Your answer for Muscatine
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Muscatine, about 3.1 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.
How much snow Muscatine gets
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 39
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Muscatine
- Oct0.2
- Nov0.8
- Dec6.2
- Jan7.0
- Feb5.8
- Mar2.8
- Apr0.7
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near Muscatine
Muscatine is number 40 of 41 Iowa towns here for snowfall; Mason City gets the most at 44 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Island, IL | 25 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Davenport, IA | 26 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Iowa City, IA | 29 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Moline, IL | 30 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Bettendorf, IA | 32 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Coralville, IA | 33 | 28 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 Muscatine, 0.8 miles from Muscatine. 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.