Do you need a snowblower in Pierre, SD?
Your answer for Pierre
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Pierre, about 4.8 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 Pierre winter
- Snow a year
- 37 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
- 67
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 4.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Pierre
- Oct1.3
- Nov6.3
- Dec6.2
- Jan5.1
- Feb8.0
- Mar5.0
- Apr5.3
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Pierre and its neighbours
Pierre is number 12 of 14 South Dakota towns here for snowfall; Spearfish gets the most at 71 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huron, SD | 104 | 44 in | Gas single-stage |
| Aberdeen, SD | 118 | 43 in | Gas single-stage |
| Mitchell, SD | 122 | 41 in | Gas single-stage |
| Box Elder, SD | 138 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Rapid City, SD | 145 | 54 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Watertown, SD | 160 | 41 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 Pierre Regional Airport, 1.8 miles from Pierre. 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.