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Do you need a snowblower in Riverdale, GA?

What clears snow in Riverdale

No snowblower

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

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

When the snow comes in Riverdale

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

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

Towns near Riverdale

Almost no snow falls in Riverdale. In Georgia, Kennesaw gets the most here at 4 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Forest Park, GA52 inNo snowblower
College Park, GA62 inNo snowblower
East Point, GA82 inNo snowblower
Fayetteville, GA91 inNo snowblower
Union City, GA92 inNo snowblower
Lovejoy, GA101 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 Jonesboro, 4.0 miles from Riverdale. 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.