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Do you need a snowblower in Whittier, CA?

What clears snow in Whittier

No snowblower

Whittier sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Whittier and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Santa Fe Springs, CA30 inNo snowblower
Pico Rivera, CA40 inNo snowblower
La Mirada, CA50 inNo snowblower
La Habra, CA50 inNo snowblower
Norwalk, CA50 inNo snowblower
La Puente, 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 Whittier City Yard FC106C, 0.6 miles from Whittier. 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.