LIMA — Patches of freezing rain fell during parts of Allen County and other pieces of Northwest Ohio late Monday early morning and into the early afternoon several hours, creating journey challenging for motorists in some spots.

The Nationwide Weather conditions Company issued a winter season temperature advisory right up until late afternoon that warned of “very gentle freezing rain mixed with snow at instances manufacturing a gentle glaze of ice together with snow accumulations of an inch or much less.”

The advisory, which stretched from northern Indiana and southern Michigan into Ohio, warned that “a glaze of ice will make numerous untreated roads really slippery.”

The winter season journey advisory was a person of the number of issued during this wintertime time, as over-ordinary temperatures and below-regular precipitation have resulted in an unusually mild wintertime year.

Data provided by the Ohio Section of Transportation are more instance of the deficiency of snow and ice expert to date on Northwest Ohio roadways.

In accordance to ODOT, the 16 counties that make up Districts 1 and 2 have used 10,545 tons of road salt this wintertime year, a marked drop from the same period of time very last 12 months when much more than 27,000 tons of salt experienced been spread on roads through the district.

Very last yr at this time extra than 1.3 million gallons of street de-icer had been utilized. This yr that range stands at much less than 500,000 gallons. And the quantity of miles driven by ODOT crews has declined from 379,000 through Jan. 14 of previous yr to just 197,765 miles this yr.

Monday’s brief wintery blast is envisioned to be followed with temperatures in close proximity to 40 levels on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to forecasters, adopted by two times with highs in the mid-20s.