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Ohio & Indiana

Normally Nov 10

Snowmaking weather normally reaches Mansfield around Nov 10, 26 days away.

That is the whole estimate, and it describes the weather at a reference town. Nobody has filed an opening date for a resort here, so there is nothing to project from. The chart and the tiles below are the same ones the Minnesota page runs on, taken at Peninsula, OH, Mansfield and Lawrenceburg, IN instead of at resorts. The curve shown is Peninsula, OH's.

Resorts tracked
0
Opening dates on file
0
Earliest normal window
Nov 10
Oct–Nov hrs there
143

When the guns can run

Snow guns need a wet-bulb temperature under 28°F. The mean at Peninsula, OH does not get there until Dec 8, but the first workable window normally arrives on Nov 14. Resorts open on those early cold snaps rather than on the average.

60° 45° 30° 15° FIRST WORKABLE WINDOW Nov 1 normally Nov 14 Dec 20 COLD ENOUGH TO MAKE SNOW Average crosses 28° · Dec 8 Today · Oct 15 Aug 23 Oct 1 Nov 1 Dec 1 Jan 1 60° 45° 30° 15° FIRST WORKABLE WINDOW Nov 1 normally Nov 14 Dec 20 COLD ENOUGH TO MAKE SNOW Average crosses 28° · Dec 8 Today · Oct 15 Aug 23 Oct 1 Nov 1 Dec 1 Jan 1
Mean wet-bulb, Peninsula, OH, 1995–2025 28°F snowmaking threshold Cold enough to make snow

The next two weeks

No snowmaking weather in the next 16 days. The coldest any of these gets is 29.8° at Mansfield.

Cleveland

32.4°

Coldest wet bulb the 16-day forecast reaches at Peninsula, OH.

Coldest hour
Sun 18 Oct, 7am
Air temperature then
39.4°
Humidity then
53%
Hours under 28°
0
First window
—
Normal Oct–Nov hours
122

Mansfield

29.8°

Coldest wet bulb the 16-day forecast reaches at Mansfield.

Coldest hour
Sun 18 Oct, 7am
Air temperature then
34.3°
Humidity then
69%
Hours under 28°
0
First window
—
Normal Oct–Nov hours
143

Cincinnati

34.8°

Coldest wet bulb the 16-day forecast reaches at Lawrenceburg, IN.

Coldest hour
Sun 18 Oct, 7am
Air temperature then
39.1°
Humidity then
73%
Hours under 28°
0
First window
—
Normal Oct–Nov hours
86

Wet-bulb forecast from Open-Meteo, updated twice a day. Guns can run under 28°.

Want resort-specific info? We need help!

We need somebody to find opening and closing dates, and to tell the pre-season opening apart from the full one where the two differ. That mostly means digging through Facebook feeds by hand. Sometimes the website has it. Minnesota shows what a region looks like once it is filled in.

8 resorts in this region, none with dates on file yet. From the Midwest Ski Resort Guide by Midwest Skiers.

Know a Ohio & Indiana resort's dates, or want to take on the whole state? Email eazydp@gmail.com. Dates for resorts already listed are just as welcome.