Do you need a snowblower in North Platte, NE?
The machine for a North Platte driveway
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in North Platte, 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.
A normal North Platte winter
- Snow a year
- 30 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
- 32
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 Platte
- Sep0.1
- Oct2.2
- Nov3.0
- Dec4.5
- Jan5.1
- Feb6.9
- Mar4.2
- Apr3.6
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near North Platte
North Platte is number 6 of 16 Nebraska towns here for snowfall; Scottsbluff gets the most at 40 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington, NE | 58 | 20 in | A shovel is enough |
| Kearney, NE | 92 | 22 in | A shovel is enough |
| Grand Island, NE | 125 | 28 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Hastings, NE | 129 | 29 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Sterling, CO | 132 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Scottsbluff, NE | 159 | 40 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 North Platte Regional Airport, 4.2 miles from North Platte. 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.