Do you need a snowblower in Norfolk, NE?
What clears snow in Norfolk
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Norfolk, about 3.4 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.
What a Norfolk winter brings
- Snow a year
- 26 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 49
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. 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 3.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Norfolk
- Oct0.5
- Nov2.2
- Dec6.4
- Jan6.4
- Feb5.7
- Mar3.8
- Apr1.2
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Norfolk
Norfolk is number 10 of 16 Nebraska towns here for snowfall; Scottsbluff gets the most at 40 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus, NE | 41 | 26 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Vermillion, SD | 58 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Yankton, SD | 60 | 38 in | Gas single-stage |
| South Sioux City, NE | 60 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sioux City, IA | 62 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fremont, NE | 63 | 32 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 Norfolk 4W, 3.0 miles from Norfolk. 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.