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Do you need a snowblower in Indio, CA?

The machine for a Indio driveway

No snowblower

Indio sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Indio

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Coachella, CA60 inNo snowblower
La Quinta, CA70 inNo snowblower
Palm Desert, CA70 inNo snowblower
Rancho Mirage, CA110 inNo snowblower
Cathedral City, CA150 inNo snowblower
Palm Springs, CA180 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 Indio Fire Station, 2.0 miles from Indio. 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.