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Do you need a snowblower in Schererville, IN?

What clears snow in Schererville

Cordless single-stage

Plenty falls in Schererville, about 3.5 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 Schererville gets

Snow a year
27 in
Storms of 5 in or more
1.2 a winter
Storms of 10 in or more
about once every 5 winters
Days with snow on the ground
29

Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 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 Schererville

  1. Nov0.4
  2. Dec4.7
  3. Jan10.3
  4. Feb6.3
  5. Mar4.3
  6. Apr0.6

Snow worth clearing runs from December to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in November.

Towns near Schererville

Schererville is number 30 of 88 Indiana towns here for snowfall; Michigan City gets the most at 65 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Griffith, IN327 inCordless single-stage
St. John, IN327 inCordless single-stage
Dyer, IN428 inCordless single-stage
Highland, IN427 inCordless single-stage
Munster, IN528 inCordless single-stage
Merrillville, IN727 inCordless 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 Crown Pt 1N, 5.6 miles from Schererville. 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.