SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in Alvin, TX?

The machine for a Alvin driveway

No snowblower

Alvin sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Alvin

Almost no snow falls in Alvin. In Texas, Amarillo gets the most here at 17 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Friendswood, TX60 inNo snowblower
Santa Fe, TX80 inNo snowblower
League City, TX80 inNo snowblower
Manvel, TX100 inNo snowblower
Webster, TX100 inNo snowblower
Dickinson, TX100 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 Alvin, 4.1 miles from Alvin. 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.