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Do you need a snowblower in Hoover, AL?

The machine for a Hoover driveway

No snowblower

Hoover averages 1 inch of snow a year. It is gone before it needs moving.

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

When the snow comes in Hoover

  1. Dec0.1
  2. Jan0.4
  3. Mar0.7

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

Towns near Hoover

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Pelham, AL51 inNo snowblower
Homewood, AL61 inNo snowblower
Vestavia Hills, AL71 inNo snowblower
Helena, AL81 inNo snowblower
Mountain Brook, AL91 inNo snowblower
Bessemer, AL91 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 Bessemer 3 WSW, 11.5 miles from Hoover. 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.