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Do you need a snowblower in Houma, LA?

Your answer for Houma

No snowblower

Houma sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Houma

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Thibodaux, LA160 inNo snowblower
Morgan City, LA300 inNo snowblower
Kenner, LA400 inNo snowblower
Gretna, LA460 inNo snowblower
Gonzales, LA460 inNo snowblower
New Orleans, LA570 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 Houma, 7.8 miles from Houma. 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.