Do you need a snowblower in Papillion, NE?
Your answer for Papillion
Gas single-stage
Papillion gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 4.7 tons a winter on this driveway, but storms over 8 inches are uncommon.
Before you buy, check the intake height against the deepest storm above, and plan to clear before the city plow leaves its ridge of heavy slush at the end of the drive.
A normal Papillion winter
- Snow a year
- 36 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.8 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 5 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 46
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About what a typical snowy US city gets. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 4.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Papillion
- Oct1.2
- Nov1.3
- Dec7.8
- Jan8.6
- Feb10.9
- Mar5.4
- Apr1.0
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Papillion and its neighbours
Papillion is number 2 of 16 Nebraska towns here for snowfall; Scottsbluff gets the most at 40 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Vista, NE | 3 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Bellevue, NE | 7 | 25 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Omaha, NE | 8 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Council Bluffs, IA | 13 | 27 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Fremont, NE | 29 | 32 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lincoln, NE | 39 | 26 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 Gretna 4NE, 6.0 miles from Papillion. 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.