Do you need a snowblower in Superior, WI?
The machine for a Superior driveway
Gas single-stage
Superior gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 7.3 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.
How much snow Superior gets
- Snow a year
- 56 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 101
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.6 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 7.3 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Superior
- Oct0.2
- Nov5.8
- Dec12.3
- Jan14.5
- Feb12.4
- Mar9.1
- Apr1.7
Snow worth clearing runs from November to April, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Superior and its neighbours
Superior is number 5 of 98 Wisconsin towns here for snowfall; Weston gets the most at 64 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth, MN | 6 | 56 in | Gas single-stage |
| Hermantown, MN | 11 | 90 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Cloquet, MN | 20 | 71 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Hibbing, MN | 63 | 60 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Grand Rapids, MN | 78 | 60 in | Cordless single-stage |
| North Branch, MN | 92 | 52 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 Superior, 2.4 miles from Superior. 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.