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Do you need a snowblower in Brea, CA?

The machine for a Brea driveway

No snowblower

Brea sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

If you are moving to Brea from somewhere snowy, you can sell the snowblower before you move.

Towns near Brea

Almost no snow falls in Brea. In California, Truckee gets the most here at 207 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Placentia, CA30 inNo snowblower
Fullerton, CA50 inNo snowblower
La Habra, CA50 inNo snowblower
Yorba Linda, CA60 inNo snowblower
Diamond Bar, CA60 inNo snowblower
Walnut, CA80 inNo snowblower

Where these numbers come from

Read next: Why storm depth matters more than snowfall and What a winter of snow weighs.

NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals from Anaheim, 4.4 miles from Brea. 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.