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Supply watch A Columbus salt distributor says it is not accepting new bulk customers for the 2026–27 seasonPublished price A contractor price list shows white bulk salt at $135 a ton FOB ColumbusPublished price A Middletown yard lists ASTM highway salt at about $150 a ton, pickupNOAA normal Columbus averages about 28.2 inches of snow a season; Cincinnati about 23.3Ohio salt Cargill's mine under Lake Erie in Cleveland is about 1,800 feet deepEst. treated salt Pre-treated bulk salt usually runs $20–$50 a ton over plain rock saltEst. salt brine Salt brine by the gallon: roughly $0.20–$0.40, before deliveryEst. bagged rock salt Pallet of 49 × 50 lb rock salt bags: roughly $240–$330Est. ice melt pallet Pallet of 49 × 50 lb blended ice melt: roughly $430–$600Rule of thumb Plain rock salt slows way down below about 15°F pavement temperatureFall pre-buy Lock in tons and pickup or delivery before the first storm, not during itSupply watch A Columbus salt distributor says it is not accepting new bulk customers for the 2026–27 seasonPublished price A contractor price list shows white bulk salt at $135 a ton FOB ColumbusPublished price A Middletown yard lists ASTM highway salt at about $150 a ton, pickupNOAA normal Columbus averages about 28.2 inches of snow a season; Cincinnati about 23.3Ohio salt Cargill's mine under Lake Erie in Cleveland is about 1,800 feet deepEst. treated salt Pre-treated bulk salt usually runs $20–$50 a ton over plain rock saltEst. salt brine Salt brine by the gallon: roughly $0.20–$0.40, before deliveryEst. bagged rock salt Pallet of 49 × 50 lb rock salt bags: roughly $240–$330Est. ice melt pallet Pallet of 49 × 50 lb blended ice melt: roughly $430–$600Rule of thumb Plain rock salt slows way down below about 15°F pavement temperatureFall pre-buy Lock in tons and pickup or delivery before the first storm, not during it

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Winter outlook, December–February

NOAA CPC seasonal temperature outlook for December through February — Temperature outlook. Source: NOAA CPC (live image, updated monthly).

NOAA CPC seasonal precipitation outlook for December through February — Precipitation outlook. Source: NOAA CPC (live image, updated monthly).

In plain English (NOAA CPC outlook issued October 15, 2026, for Dec 2026–Feb 2027): NOAA's maps lean toward above-normal temperatures for Ohio this winter (about 40–50% in the south, 50–60% along the north). For precipitation, Ohio shows equal chances of above, near or below normal. Winters that hover near freezing tend to bring more freeze-thaw and freezing rain. These are probabilities, not a forecast of any storm. The maps above update automatically when NOAA issues a new outlook (third Thursday of each month), so this summary may lag behind them.

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