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Do you need a snowblower in Hawthorne, CA?

The machine for a Hawthorne driveway

No snowblower

Hawthorne sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Hawthorne

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Lawndale, CA20 inNo snowblower
Gardena, CA30 inNo snowblower
Inglewood, CA30 inNo snowblower
Manhattan Beach, CA40 inNo snowblower
El Segundo, CA40 inNo snowblower
Hermosa Beach, CA50 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 Culver City, 7.3 miles from Hawthorne. 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.