Do you need a snowblower in Mountain View, CA?
Your answer for Mountain View
No snowblower
Mountain View sees measurable snow only in a freak year.
If you are moving to Mountain View from somewhere snowy, you can sell the snowblower before you move.
Mountain View and its neighbours
Almost no snow falls in Mountain View. In California, Truckee gets the most here at 207 inches.
| Town | Miles | Snow | Two car, paved |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Altos, CA | 2 | 0 in | No snowblower |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 3 | 0 in | No snowblower |
| Palo Alto, CA | 4 | 0 in | No snowblower |
| East Palo Alto, CA | 6 | 0 in | No snowblower |
| Cupertino, CA | 6 | 0 in | No snowblower |
| Santa Clara, CA | 7 | 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 Palo Alto, 4.5 miles from Mountain View. 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.