Do you need a snowblower in Post Falls, ID?
What clears snow in Post Falls
Gas single-stage
Post Falls gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.5 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.
How much snow Post Falls gets
- Snow a year
- 27 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.5 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 10 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 3.5 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Post Falls
- Nov1.4
- Dec12.1
- Jan8.7
- Feb3.2
- Mar1.8
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Post Falls and its neighbours
Post Falls is number 9 of 26 Idaho towns here for snowfall; Rexburg gets the most at 70 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rathdrum, ID | 5 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 7 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hayden, ID | 7 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 8 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 14 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane, WA | 23 | 45 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 Bayview Model Basin, 25.1 miles from Post Falls. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.
- The weather station is 25 miles away, far enough that Post Falls can differ.