Do you need a snowblower in Pullman, WA?
What clears snow in Pullman
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Pullman, about 4.3 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 Pullman winter
- Snow a year
- 33 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- 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 4.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Pullman
- Oct0.1
- Nov4.6
- Dec10.3
- Jan9.6
- Feb4.8
- Mar2.5
- Apr0.7
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Pullman and its neighbours
Pullman is number 6 of 91 Washington towns here for snowfall; Spokane gets the most at 45 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow, ID | 8 | 51 in | Gas single-stage |
| Lewiston, ID | 25 | 13 in | A shovel is enough |
| Cheney, WA | 56 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 64 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 65 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane, WA | 66 | 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 Pullman 2 NW, 2.1 miles from Pullman. 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.