Ice out on Lake Calhoun - Tues Mar 7

[dreamshark]

Ice is out on Lakes Calhoun and Harriet (for liberal definitions of Ice Out). There is still a little broken ice floating free on the east sides of both lakes, but the main body of the lake and most of the shoreline is completely melted. If you look it up, you find that there are multiple ways of defining Ice Out, and none of the websites that report ice out dates actually report the definition that corresponds to the date. However, my rather hasty research suggests that if this is not the earliest ice out on record for these lakes it is at least a tie for the earliest.

Comments

[jiawen]

Wow. The pic is gorgeous, the facts are scary.

[dreamshark]

Thanks!

And if it makes you feel any better, it turned cold enough this week that I'm wondering what it does to the Official Ice Out Date if the lakes ice over again after they go clear. It's currently noon and 18 degrees, with snow predicted for Sunday.