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Do you need a snowblower in Santa Monica, CA?

Your answer for Santa Monica

No snowblower

Santa Monica sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Santa Monica

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Los Angeles, CA50 inNo snowblower
Culver City, CA60 inNo snowblower
Beverly Hills, CA70 inNo snowblower
El Segundo, CA80 inNo snowblower
Manhattan Beach, CA90 inNo snowblower
West Hollywood, CA90 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 Santa Monica Pier, 0.2 miles from Santa Monica. 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.