SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in Covington, LA?

The machine for a Covington driveway

No snowblower

Covington sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Covington and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Mandeville, LA70 inNo snowblower
Hammond, LA210 inNo snowblower
Slidell, LA240 inNo snowblower
Bogalusa, LA250 inNo snowblower
Picayune, MS260 inNo snowblower
New Orleans, LA310 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 Covington 4 NNW, 3.2 miles from Covington. 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.