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Do you need a snowblower in Odessa, TX?

The machine for a Odessa driveway

No snowblower

Odessa averages 1 inch of snow a year. It is gone before it needs moving.

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

When the snow comes in Odessa

  1. Nov0.2
  2. Dec0.3
  3. Jan0.2
  4. Feb0.2

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

Towns near Odessa

Almost no snow falls in Odessa. In Texas, Amarillo gets the most here at 17 inches.

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Midland, TX172 inNo snowblower
Andrews, TX332 inNo snowblower
Big Spring, TX562 inNo snowblower
Hobbs, NM762 inNo snowblower
Town of Pecos, TX771 inNo snowblower
Lovington, NM941 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 Odessa, 0.8 miles from Odessa. 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.