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Do you need a snowblower in Lafayette, LA?

Your answer for Lafayette

No snowblower

Lafayette sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near Lafayette

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Broussard, LA60 inNo snowblower
Carencro, LA70 inNo snowblower
Youngsville, LA80 inNo snowblower
Abbeville, LA170 inNo snowblower
New Iberia, LA190 inNo snowblower
Crowley, LA210 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, 2.4 miles from Lafayette. 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.