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Do you need a snowblower in Murrieta, CA?

The machine for a Murrieta driveway

No snowblower

Murrieta sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Murrieta

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Wildomar, CA50 inNo snowblower
Temecula, CA70 inNo snowblower
Menifee, CA80 inNo snowblower
Canyon Lake, CA90 inNo snowblower
Lake Elsinore, CA110 inNo snowblower
Perris, CA150 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 Elsinore, 11.8 miles from Murrieta. 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.