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Do you need a snowblower in Pelham, AL?

Your answer for Pelham

No snowblower

Pelham averages 1 inch of snow a year. It is gone before it needs moving.

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

When the snow comes in Pelham

  1. Dec0.1
  2. Jan0.4
  3. Mar0.7

Inches of new snow per month, averaged over 1991 to 2020.

Pelham and its neighbours

Almost no snow falls in Pelham. In Alabama, Fort Payne gets the most here at 5 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Hoover, AL51 inNo snowblower
Chelsea, AL60 inNo snowblower
Helena, AL91 inNo snowblower
Alabaster, AL91 inNo snowblower
Vestavia Hills, AL101 inNo snowblower
Homewood, AL101 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 Bessemer 3 WSW, 16.1 miles from Pelham. 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.