Do you need a snowblower in North Liberty, IA?
The machine for a North Liberty driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in North Liberty, about 3.8 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 North Liberty winter brings
- Snow a year
- 29 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 48
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 3.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in North Liberty
- Oct0.1
- Nov0.8
- Dec7.7
- Jan7.7
- Feb7.8
- Mar4.5
- Apr0.6
Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in November.
Towns near North Liberty
North Liberty is number 28 of 41 Iowa towns here for snowfall; Mason City gets the most at 44 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coralville, IA | 3 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Iowa City, IA | 7 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 16 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Marion, IA | 21 | 34 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Muscatine, IA | 36 | 24 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Davenport, IA | 54 | 36 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 Swisher #2, 8.4 miles from North Liberty. 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.