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Do you need a snowblower in Ridgeland, MS?

What clears snow in Ridgeland

No snowblower

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

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

When the snow comes in Ridgeland

  1. Dec0.5
  2. Jan0.2
  3. Feb0.2
  4. Mar0.1

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

Ridgeland and its neighbours

Almost no snow falls in Ridgeland. In Mississippi, Hernando gets the most here at 2 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Madison, MS41 inNo snowblower
Flowood, MS81 inNo snowblower
Jackson, MS81 inNo snowblower
Pearl, MS111 inNo snowblower
Clinton, MS121 inNo snowblower
Brandon, MS141 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 Jackson International Airport, 8.6 miles from Ridgeland. 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.