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Do you need a snowblower in Oakdale, CA?

What clears snow in Oakdale

No snowblower

Oakdale sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Oakdale and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Riverbank, CA60 inNo snowblower
Modesto, CA120 inNo snowblower
Ceres, CA130 inNo snowblower
Ripon, CA160 inNo snowblower
Turlock, CA180 inNo snowblower
Manteca, CA210 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 Turlock #2, 17.9 miles from Oakdale. 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.