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Do you need a snowblower in Carencro, LA?

What clears snow in Carencro

No snowblower

Carencro sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Carencro and its neighbours

Almost no snow falls in Carencro. In Louisiana, Shreveport gets the most here at 1 inch.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Lafayette, LA70 inNo snowblower
Broussard, LA130 inNo snowblower
Opelousas, LA150 inNo snowblower
Youngsville, LA150 inNo snowblower
Crowley, LA210 inNo snowblower
Abbeville, LA240 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 Lafayette, 6.6 miles from Carencro. 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.