SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in South Gate, CA?

The machine for a South Gate driveway

No snowblower

South Gate sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near South Gate

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Lynwood, CA10 inNo snowblower
Cudahy, CA10 inNo snowblower
Bell, CA30 inNo snowblower
Bell Gardens, CA30 inNo snowblower
Huntington Park, CA30 inNo snowblower
Maywood, CA30 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 Whittier City Yard FC106C, 10.0 miles from South Gate. 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.