Do you need a snowblower in Whitewater, WI?
What clears snow in Whitewater
Cordless single-stage
Plenty falls in Whitewater, about 4.4 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.
A normal Whitewater winter
- Snow a year
- 34 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.2 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 62
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. About 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 4.4 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Whitewater
- Oct0.1
- Nov1.2
- Dec9.0
- Jan8.5
- Feb9.9
- Mar4.4
- Apr0.7
- May0.1
Snow worth clearing runs from November to March, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in October.
Towns near Whitewater
Whitewater is number 98 of 98 Wisconsin towns here for snowfall; Weston gets the most at 64 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Atkinson, WI | 8 | 36 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Elkhorn, WI | 15 | 40 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Janesville, WI | 18 | 37 in | Gas single-stage |
| Oconomowoc, WI | 22 | 40 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Watertown, WI | 24 | 37 in | Cordless single-stage |
| Stoughton, WI | 25 | 36 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 Whitewater, 1.0 miles from Whitewater. 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.