SnowfallCheck

Do you need a snowblower in The Colony, TX?

The machine for a The Colony driveway

No snowblower

The Colony sees measurable snow only in a freak year.

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

Towns near The Colony

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

TownMilesSnowTwo car, paved
Lewisville, TX50 inNo snowblower
Frisco, TX73 inNo snowblower
Carrollton, TX70 inNo snowblower
Little Elm, TX73 inNo snowblower
Highland Village, TX90 inNo snowblower
Plano, TX93 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 Lewisville Dam, 6.3 miles from The Colony. 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.