Do you need a snowblower in Wasilla, AK?
Your answer for Wasilla
Gas single-stage
Wasilla gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 8.1 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.
How much snow Wasilla gets
- Snow a year
- 62 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 2.6 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- about once every 3 winters
- Days with snow on the ground
- 118
Heavy, more than most snowy cities. That is about 1.7 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 8.1 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Wasilla
- Sep0.1
- Oct4.4
- Nov11.3
- Dec15.0
- Jan10.9
- Feb9.0
- Mar8.7
- Apr2.3
- May0.3
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in December. Start and service a machine in September.
Wasilla and its neighbours
Wasilla is number 2 of 4 Alaska towns here for snowfall; Juneau gets the most at 88 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK | 29 | 59 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fairbanks, AK | 232 | 58 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Juneau, AK | 571 | 88 in | Two-stage snowblower |
| Lynden, WA | 1358 | 11 in | A shovel is enough |
| Ferndale, WA | 1359 | 3 in | A shovel is enough |
| Bellingham, WA | 1368 | 3 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 Anderson Lake, 5.0 miles from Wasilla. 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.