Do you need a snowblower in Mountain Brook, AL?
The machine for a Mountain Brook driveway
No snowblower
Mountain Brook averages 1 inch of snow a year. It is gone before it needs moving.
If you are moving to Mountain Brook from somewhere snowy, you can sell the snowblower before you move.
When the snow comes in Mountain Brook
- Dec0.2
- Jan0.4
- Feb0.3
- Mar0.5
Inches of new snow per month, averaged over 1991 to 2020.
Mountain Brook and its neighbours
Almost no snow falls in Mountain Brook. In Alabama, Fort Payne gets the most here at 5 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestavia Hills, AL | 2 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Birmingham, AL | 4 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Homewood, AL | 5 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Irondale, AL | 5 | 0 in | No snowblower |
| Hoover, AL | 9 | 1 in | No snowblower |
| Leeds, 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, 5.2 miles from Mountain Brook. 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.