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Do you need a snowblower in Patterson, CA?

The machine for a Patterson driveway

No snowblower

Patterson sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Patterson and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Newman, CA130 inNo snowblower
Ceres, CA130 inNo snowblower
Modesto, CA140 inNo snowblower
Turlock, CA160 inNo snowblower
Ripon, CA180 inNo snowblower
Riverbank, 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 Newman, 15.4 miles from Patterson. 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.