Do you need a snowblower in Sioux City, IA?
The machine for a Sioux City driveway
Gas single-stage
Sioux City gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 4.7 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.
What a Sioux City winter brings
- Snow a year
- 36 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
- 58
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 4.7 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Sioux City
- Oct0.8
- Nov3.2
- Dec7.6
- Jan7.7
- Feb8.7
- Mar5.7
- Apr2.3
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Sioux City
Sioux City is number 20 of 41 Iowa towns here for snowfall; Mason City gets the most at 44 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sioux City, NE | 3 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Le Mars, IA | 23 | 31 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Vermillion, SD | 34 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Yankton, SD | 58 | 38 in | Gas single-stage |
| Storm Lake, IA | 62 | 36 in | Gas single-stage |
| Norfolk, NE | 62 | 26 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 Sioux City Gateway Airport, 7.2 miles from Sioux City. 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.