SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in Gulfport, MS?

Your answer for Gulfport

No snowblower

Gulfport sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

When the snow comes in Gulfport

  1. Dec0.1
  2. Mar0.1

Inches of new snow per month, averaged over 1991 to 2020.

Gulfport and its neighbours

Almost no snow falls in Gulfport. In Mississippi, Hernando gets the most here at 2 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Long Beach, MS70 inNo snowblower
Biloxi, MS80 inNo snowblower
D'Iberville, MS100 inNo snowblower
Ocean Springs, MS170 inNo snowblower
Bay St. Louis, MS190 inNo snowblower
Gautier, MS240 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 Gulfport Naval Center, 4.3 miles from Gulfport. 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.