Mild Winter? Early ice out??

MikeF-NH · 02-22-2020, 08:08 AM

I don't make it anywhere near the lake during winter but am usually one of the first boats in the water in the Spring (many times before Ice Out is declared).

I have been watching the lake cams and tracking the very mild winter we had until very recently and am wondering if anyone can provide thoughts about ice conditions on the lake as it pertains to ice out. It seemed that we were still in January and had large areas of open water that just ice in recently.

Are your observations that we have less ice than normal on parts of the lake and that (if the mild patters persist) we might see ice out even before April 1? Or did the recent cold stretches catch the ice up and we are close to normal icing conditions?

02-22-2020, 08:08 AM	#1
MikeF-NH Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 317 Thanks: 2 Thanked 120 Times in 80 Posts	Mild Winter? Early ice out?? I don't make it anywhere near the lake during winter but am usually one of the first boats in the water in the Spring (many times before Ice Out is declared). I have been watching the lake cams and tracking the very mild winter we had until very recently and am wondering if anyone can provide thoughts about ice conditions on the lake as it pertains to ice out. It seemed that we were still in January and had large areas of open water that just ice in recently. Are your observations that we have less ice than normal on parts of the lake and that (if the mild patters persist) we might see ice out even before April 1? Or did the recent cold stretches catch the ice up and we are close to normal icing conditions?