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Do you need a snowblower in Slidell, LA?

What clears snow in Slidell

No snowblower

Slidell sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Slidell and its neighbours

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Picayune, MS180 inNo snowblower
New Orleans, LA190 inNo snowblower
Mandeville, LA200 inNo snowblower
Covington, LA240 inNo snowblower
Bay St. Louis, MS250 inNo snowblower
Gretna, LA310 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 Slidell, 1.8 miles from Slidell. 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.