SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in Palmview, TX?

The machine for a Palmview driveway

No snowblower

Palmview sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Palmview and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Mission, TX40 inNo snowblower
Alton, TX60 inNo snowblower
McAllen, TX80 inNo snowblower
Hidalgo, TX120 inNo snowblower
Pharr, TX130 inNo snowblower
San Juan, TX150 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 La Joya, 7.3 miles from Palmview. 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.