SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in Clearlake, CA?

The machine for a Clearlake driveway

No snowblower

Clearlake sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

When the snow comes in Clearlake

  1. Jan0.2
  2. Feb0.1
  3. Mar0.1

Inches of new snow per month, averaged over 1991 to 2020.

Clearlake and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Healdsburg, CA260 inNo snowblower
Windsor, CA300 inNo snowblower
Ukiah, CA330 inNo snowblower
Santa Rosa, CA360 inNo snowblower
Rohnert Park, CA420 inNo snowblower
Sonoma, CA470 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 Clearlake 4 SE, 4.3 miles from Clearlake. 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.