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Do you need a snowblower in Santee, CA?

The machine for a Santee driveway

No snowblower

Santee sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Santee

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
El Cajon, CA40 inNo snowblower
La Mesa, CA60 inNo snowblower
San Diego, CA80 inNo snowblower
Lemon Grove, CA90 inNo snowblower
Poway, CA90 inNo snowblower
National City, CA150 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 El Cajon, 5.0 miles from Santee. 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.