Do you need a snowblower in Springfield, TN?
The machine for a Springfield driveway
A shovel is enough
A normal winter drops about 0.8 tons of snow on this driveway in Springfield, 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 Springfield is light enough for one.
How much snow Springfield gets
- Snow a year
- 6 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.1 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 3
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 5.0 times as much. Most of it melts within a few days, so in Springfield waiting a day is often a real option.
On a two car driveway that is about 0.8 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Springfield
- Dec0.7
- Jan1.5
- Feb2.4
- Mar1.2
Snow worth clearing runs from January to March, heaviest in February. Buy the shovel before the first fall, when stores still have them.
Towns near Springfield
Springfield is number 8 of 65 Tennessee towns here for snowfall; Crossville gets the most at 14 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| White House, TN | 11 | 6 in | A shovel is enough |
| Goodlettsville, TN | 15 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Hendersonville, TN | 20 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Portland, TN | 20 | 2 in | No snowblower |
| Nashville-Davidson, TN | 23 | 5 in | A shovel is enough |
| Franklin, KY | 23 | 4 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Springfield Exp Station, 2.3 miles from Springfield. 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.