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Do you need a snowblower in Gadsden, AL?

Your answer for Gadsden

No snowblower

Gadsden sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

When the snow comes in Gadsden

  1. Dec0.1
  2. Feb0.1

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

Gadsden and its neighbours

Almost no snow falls in Gadsden. In Alabama, Fort Payne gets the most here at 5 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Rainbow City, AL70 inNo snowblower
Boaz, AL151 inNo snowblower
Jacksonville, AL200 inNo snowblower
Albertville, AL211 inNo snowblower
Anniston, AL260 inNo snowblower
Oxford, AL301 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 Gadsden, 1.9 miles from Gadsden. 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.