Do you need a snowblower in Newton, IA?
The machine for a Newton driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Newton, about 3.7 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 Newton winter
- Snow a year
- 29 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 59
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.3 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Newton
- Oct0.3
- Nov1.6
- Dec6.3
- Jan9.2
- Feb6.0
- Mar4.5
- Apr0.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Newton and its neighbours
Newton is number 29 of 41 Iowa towns here for snowfall; Mason City gets the most at 44 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pella, IA | 21 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Altoona, IA | 23 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Marshalltown, IA | 24 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Pleasant Hill, IA | 25 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Ankeny, IA | 29 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Des Moines, IA | 31 | 37 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 Newton, 1.2 miles from Newton. 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.