Do you need a snowblower in Pocatello, ID?
Your answer for Pocatello
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Pocatello, about 3.9 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.
How much snow Pocatello gets
- Snow a year
- 30 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 35
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 3.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Pocatello
- Oct0.6
- Nov2.9
- Dec9.1
- Jan5.5
- Feb6.7
- Mar3.3
- Apr1.4
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Pocatello
Pocatello is number 7 of 26 Idaho towns here for snowfall; Rexburg gets the most at 70 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chubbuck, ID | 4 | 64 in | Gas single-stage |
| Blackfoot, ID | 23 | 15 in | A shovel is enough |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 48 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Ammon, ID | 49 | 66 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Burley, ID | 71 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Rexburg, ID | 74 | 70 in | Two-stage snowblower |
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 Pocatello City, 0.8 miles from Pocatello. 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.