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Do you need a snowblower in Hermosa Beach, CA?

The machine for a Hermosa Beach driveway

No snowblower

Hermosa Beach sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Hermosa Beach and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Redondo Beach, CA10 inNo snowblower
Manhattan Beach, CA20 inNo snowblower
El Segundo, CA30 inNo snowblower
Lawndale, CA30 inNo snowblower
Torrance, CA40 inNo snowblower
Hawthorne, 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 Palos Verdes ES FC43D, 4.9 miles from Hermosa Beach. 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.