SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in Pharr, TX?

The machine for a Pharr driveway

No snowblower

Pharr sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Pharr and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
San Juan, TX30 inNo snowblower
Alamo, TX50 inNo snowblower
Hidalgo, TX50 inNo snowblower
McAllen, TX50 inNo snowblower
Mission, TX90 inNo snowblower
Donna, TX100 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 Mcallen, 4.0 miles from Pharr. 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.