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Do you need a snowblower in San Jacinto, CA?

The machine for a San Jacinto driveway

No snowblower

San Jacinto sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

San Jacinto and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Hemet, CA40 inNo snowblower
Beaumont, CA60 inNo snowblower
Banning, CA120 inNo snowblower
Perris, CA130 inNo snowblower
Menifee, CA130 inNo snowblower
Calimesa, CA130 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 San Jacinto, 1.2 miles from San Jacinto. 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.