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Do you need a snowblower in Mount Pleasant, SC?

Your answer for Mount Pleasant

No snowblower

Mount Pleasant sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

When the snow comes in Mount Pleasant

  1. Jan0.2
  2. Feb0.1

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

Mount Pleasant and its neighbours

Almost no snow falls in Mount Pleasant. In South Carolina, Greenville gets the most here at 4 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Charleston, SC60 inNo snowblower
James Island, SC70 inNo snowblower
Hanahan, SC120 inNo snowblower
North Charleston, SC140 inNo snowblower
Goose Creek, SC150 inNo snowblower
Summerville, SC230 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 Charleston International Airport, 11.9 miles from Mount Pleasant. 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.