Do you need a snowblower in Spearfish, SD?
Your answer for Spearfish
Two-stage snowblower
A storm of 10 inches or more hits Spearfish about once every 1 winters. That is deeper than a single-stage intake can swallow.
Before you buy, measure the garage door and the storage spot: these machines are wide and heavy.
A normal Spearfish winter
- Snow a year
- 71 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 3.0 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 1 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 69
Extreme, among the snowiest towns in the country. That is about 2.0 times 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 9.2 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Spearfish
- Sep0.1
- Oct5.5
- Nov6.3
- Dec14.9
- Jan8.2
- Feb12.7
- Mar12.0
- Apr8.5
- May2.3
Snow worth clearing runs from October to May, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Spearfish and its neighbours
Spearfish is the snowiest South Dakota town here for snowfall.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid City, SD | 41 | 54 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Box Elder, SD | 45 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Gillette, WY | 84 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sheridan, WY | 156 | 33 in | Gas single-stage |
| Casper, WY | 169 | 82 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Pierre, SD | 173 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
Where these numbers come from
Read next: Single-stage or two-stage and Why storm depth matters more than snowfall.
NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Spearfish, 2.8 miles from Spearfish. 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 184 inches a year. Hills around Spearfish can get a lot more or less than this.