Do you need a snowblower in Rathdrum, ID?
What clears snow in Rathdrum
Gas single-stage
Rathdrum 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 Rathdrum 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 Rathdrum
- 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.
Rathdrum and its neighbours
Rathdrum is number 11 of 26 Idaho towns here for snowfall; Rexburg gets the most at 70 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden, ID | 5 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
| Post Falls, ID | 5 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 8 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 13 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 18 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane, WA | 27 | 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, 20.1 miles from Rathdrum. 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.