Do you need a snowblower in Worthington, MN?
Your answer for Worthington
Gas single-stage
Worthington gets enough snow that shovelling it all is a real job, about 5.9 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 Worthington winter
- Snow a year
- 45 in
- Storms of 5 in or more
- 1.9 a winter
- Storms of 10 in or more
- almost never
- Days with snow on the ground
- 93
Moderate, a typical snowy-city winter. That is about 1.3 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 5.9 tons of snow to move in a season, and a 10 inch storm weighs 2,600 pounds.
When the snow comes in Worthington
- Oct1.0
- Nov4.6
- Dec8.6
- Jan9.8
- Feb10.9
- Mar5.7
- Apr4.4
- May0.2
Snow worth clearing runs from October to April, heaviest in February. Start and service a machine in September.
Towns near Worthington
Worthington is number 50 of 103 Minnesota towns here for snowfall; Hermantown gets the most at 90 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer, IA | 40 | 43 in | Gas single-stage |
| Brandon, SD | 49 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Fairmont, MN | 57 | 40 in | Gas single-stage |
| Sioux Falls, SD | 57 | 45 in | Gas single-stage |
| Harrisburg, SD | 57 | 49 in | Gas single-stage |
| Marshall, MN | 57 | 44 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 Worthington 2 NNE, 1.5 miles from Worthington. 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.