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Belmont Resident · 01-26-2013, 05:47 AM

How fast ice forms so I pulled this off the internet.

At a steady temperature of -10 F, a small, non-spring fed lake freezes at a rate of 1 inch every four hours.

So I guess if the temp is not as cold the lake can still build several inches per day.
So that being said there could be more then enough ice even though only 2-3 day have gone by the temp has been well below freezing all 24 hours of the day.

01-26-2013, 05:47 AM	#204
Belmont Resident Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belmont NH but prefer Jackman Maine Posts: 1,857 Thanks: 491 Thanked 409 Times in 251 Posts	I was wondering How fast ice forms so I pulled this off the internet. At a steady temperature of -10 F, a small, non-spring fed lake freezes at a rate of 1 inch every four hours. So I guess if the temp is not as cold the lake can still build several inches per day. So that being said there could be more then enough ice even though only 2-3 day have gone by the temp has been well below freezing all 24 hours of the day. __________________ "better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, then a long life spent in a miserable way.."