Do you need a snowblower in Soddy-Daisy, TN?
What clears snow in Soddy-Daisy
A shovel is enough
A normal winter drops about 0.6 tons of snow on this driveway in Soddy-Daisy, spread over a few light falls. That is shovel work.
Get a wide plastic shovel with a bent handle before the first fall, and if you have a bad back, consider a cordless single-stage instead: the snow in Soddy-Daisy is light enough for one.
How much snow Soddy-Daisy gets
- Snow a year
- 4 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 2
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 10.0 times as much. Most of it melts within a few days, so in Soddy-Daisy waiting a day is often a real option.
On a two car driveway that is about 0.6 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Soddy-Daisy
- Dec0.8
- Jan1.4
- Feb1.8
- Mar0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from January to February, heaviest in February. Buy the shovel before the first fall, when stores still have them.
Towns near Soddy-Daisy
Soddy-Daisy is number 21 of 65 Tennessee towns here for snowfall; Crossville gets the most at 14 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bank, TN | 13 | 4 in | A shovel is enough |
| Chattanooga, TN | 14 | 4 in | A shovel is enough |
| Collegedale, TN | 16 | 4 in | A shovel is enough |
| Cleveland, TN | 18 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| East Ridge, TN | 19 | 4 in | A shovel is enough |
| Fort Oglethorpe, GA | 23 | 1 in | No snowblower |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: What a winter of snow weighs and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Soddy Daisy-Mowbray Mtn, 4.1 miles from Soddy-Daisy. 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.
- The two nearest weather stations sit at very different heights, and the second one averages 4 inches a year. Hills around Soddy-Daisy can get a lot more or less than this.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.