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Do you need a snowblower in Lafayette, CA?

Your answer for Lafayette

No snowblower

Lafayette sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Lafayette

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Orinda, CA30 inNo snowblower
Moraga, CA30 inNo snowblower
Walnut Creek, CA40 inNo snowblower
Pleasant Hill, CA50 inNo snowblower
Martinez, CA70 inNo snowblower
Piedmont, CA80 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 Concord Wwtp, 6.9 miles from Lafayette. 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.