Salt Radar helps car enthusiasts avoid road salt damage by analyzing weather data and community reports to assess salt risk in your area.
Real-time weather data helps predict salt presence based on temperature, precipitation, and recent snowfall.
See what other car enthusiasts are reporting in your area and contribute your own observations.
Save your favorite locations and check salt risk for all of them from your dashboard. (Coming soon)
Check road salt risk, estimated first snow, winter storage, clear roads, and when to put winter tires on or take them off. Local weather history and forecasts drive the estimates, so dates change with your region.
Find your winter tire changeover datesEnter your city or US ZIP code, or use your current location on Salt Radar. The result combines local weather with nearby community reports. Open the map to inspect individual observations before deciding whether to take out a salt-sensitive car.
No. Salt Radar estimates risk from weather and community observations. It does not use road-surface salt sensors or a live municipal treatment feed. A low score is not proof that a particular street is free of salt.
Rain can dilute and move salt, but there is no universal number of showers that clears every road. Drainage, sheltered areas, new treatments and leftover material all matter. Salt Radar uses rain as one signal and labels clear-road dates as estimates.
Use current local conditions rather than a fixed waiting period. Review recent snow, subsequent rain, freezing forecasts and nearby reports. If salt residue is still visible or treatment is continuing, the historical clear-road date should not override that evidence.