Do you need a snowblower in Homewood, AL?
Your answer for Homewood
No snowblower
Homewood averages 1 inch of snow a year. It is gone before it needs moving.
If you are moving to Homewood from somewhere snowy, you can sell the snowblower before you move.
When the snow comes in Homewood
- Dec0.2
- Jan0.4
- Feb0.3
- Mar0.5
Inches of new snow per month, averaged over 1991 to 2020.
Homewood and its neighbours
Almost no snow falls in Homewood. In Alabama, Fort Payne gets the most here at 5 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestavia Hills, AL | 4 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Birmingham, AL | 5 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Mountain Brook, AL | 5 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Hoover, AL | 6 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Pelham, AL | 10 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Irondale, AL | 10 | 0 in | No 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 Birmingham Airport, 8.3 miles from Homewood. 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.