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Do you need a snowblower in Signal Hill, CA?

The machine for a Signal Hill driveway

No snowblower

Signal Hill sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Signal Hill and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Long Beach, CA20 inNo snowblower
Lakewood, CA40 inNo snowblower
Carson, CA50 inNo snowblower
Hawaiian Gardens, CA60 inNo snowblower
Los Alamitos, CA60 inNo snowblower
Bellflower, CA60 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 Torrance Airport, 9.8 miles from Signal Hill. 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.