SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in San Benito, TX?

The machine for a San Benito driveway

No snowblower

San Benito sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near San Benito

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Harlingen, TX50 inNo snowblower
Brownsville, TX140 inNo snowblower
Mercedes, TX170 inNo snowblower
Weslaco, TX210 inNo snowblower
Donna, TX250 inNo snowblower
Raymondville, TX250 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 Harlingen, 5.4 miles from San Benito. 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.