Do you need a snowblower in Spokane, WA?
Your answer for Spokane
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Spokane, about 5.9 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.
What a Spokane winter brings
- Snow a year
- 45 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.3 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. That is about 1.3 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 5.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Spokane
- Sep0.1
- Oct0.5
- Nov6.2
- Dec13.8
- Jan12.3
- Feb7.8
- Mar3.9
- Apr0.7
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in October.
Spokane and its neighbours
Spokane is the snowiest Washington town here for snowfall.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airway Heights, WA | 7 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Spokane Valley, WA | 9 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Cheney, WA | 14 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Liberty Lake, WA | 15 | 45 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Post Falls, ID | 23 | 27 in | Gas single-stage |
| Rathdrum, ID | 27 | 27 in | Gas 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 Spokane International Airport, 5.4 miles from Spokane. 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.