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Do you need a snowblower in Natchitoches, LA?

The machine for a Natchitoches driveway

No snowblower

Natchitoches sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Natchitoches and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Alexandria, LA480 inNo snowblower
Pineville, LA490 inNo snowblower
Ruston, LA620 inNo snowblower
Minden, LA620 inNo snowblower
Bossier City, LA630 inNo snowblower
Shreveport, LA651 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 Natchitoches, 2.6 miles from Natchitoches. 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.