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Do you need a snowblower in Rome, GA?

Your answer for Rome

No snowblower

Rome sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

When the snow comes in Rome

  1. Dec0.3
  2. Jan0.1

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

Towns near Rome

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Cedartown, GA171 inNo snowblower
Calhoun, GA222 inNo snowblower
Cartersville, GA230 inNo snowblower
Dallas, GA314 inA shovel is enough
Fort Payne, AL325 inA shovel is enough
Acworth, GA324 inA shovel is enough

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 Rome, 2.3 miles from Rome. 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.