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Do you need a snowblower in Fairburn, GA?

The machine for a Fairburn driveway

No snowblower

Fairburn averages 2 inches of snow a year. It is gone before it needs moving.

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

When the snow comes in Fairburn

  1. Dec0.4
  2. Jan1.0
  3. Feb0.4
  4. Mar0.4

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

Towns near Fairburn

Almost no snow falls in Fairburn. In Georgia, Kennesaw gets the most here at 4 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Union City, GA32 inNo snowblower
South Fulton, GA62 inNo snowblower
Fayetteville, GA91 inNo snowblower
College Park, GA102 inNo snowblower
Riverdale, GA101 inNo snowblower
East Point, GA112 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 Atlanta Hartsfield International Airport, 10.1 miles from Fairburn. 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.