SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in Rio Vista, CA?

The machine for a Rio Vista driveway

No snowblower

Rio Vista sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Rio Vista

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Oakley, CA120 inNo snowblower
Antioch, CA150 inNo snowblower
Pittsburg, CA150 inNo snowblower
Brentwood, CA170 inNo snowblower
Suisun City, CA170 inNo snowblower
Fairfield, CA190 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 Antioch Pumping Plt #3, 13.6 miles from Rio Vista. 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.