Do you need a snowblower in Twin Falls, ID?
What clears snow in Twin Falls
Gas single-stage
Twin Falls gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 3.1 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.
A normal Twin Falls winter
- Snow a year
- 24 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 0.7 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 62
Light, below most snowy cities. A typical snowy US city gets about 1.4 times as much. It tends to stay, so each storm lands on the last one.
On a two car driveway that is about 3.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Twin Falls
- Oct0.5
- Nov2.0
- Dec6.0
- Jan7.8
- Feb5.5
- Mar1.9
- Apr0.5
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in January. Start and service a machine in October.
Twin Falls and its neighbours
Twin Falls is number 12 of 26 Idaho towns here for snowfall; Rexburg gets the most at 70 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerome, ID | 11 | 24 in | Gas single-stage |
| Burley, ID | 34 | 21 in | A shovel is enough |
| Mountain Home, ID | 74 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
| Pocatello, ID | 104 | 30 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Chubbuck, ID | 105 | 64 in | Gas single-stage |
| Boise City, ID | 114 | 18 in | A shovel is enough |
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 Twin Falls 6 E, 6.0 miles from Twin Falls. 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.
- Days with snow on the ground come from a second nearby station, because the closest one does not record snow depth.