Ice Begins to Form on Wawa Lake & History

Nov 29, 2014 @ 12:20

 

Yesterday the water on Wawa Lake was beautiful. It was a rich, deep, dark blue with shimmers of black as the waves moved. Today… It’s a whole other story.

 

The ice has begun to form. This is the second earliest date from the charted dates below, by a mere 2 days. November 26th, 1959 is the date that Wawa Lake was earliest frozen. Unfortunately, for those who are worried about climate change – this year was the latest that the lake was open.

Andy Stevens compiled the chart below, but there are dates missing. If you have information that would make this chart complete, please email brenda at wawa-news.com.

 

YEAR OPEN FROZEN
1949 May 2 December 5
1950
1951 May 3 December 11
1952
1953 May 10 December
1954
1955 April 28 December 10
1956 May 15 December 10
1957 May 13 December 11
1958 April 23 December 8
1959 May 7 November 26 Earliest FROZEN
1960 May 13 December 12
1961 May 8 December 15
1962 May 11 December 12
1963 May 17 December 20
1964 May 3 December 6
1965 May 9 December 6
1966 May 11 December 2
1967 December 16
1968 April 28 December 14
1969 May 11 December 15
1970 May 4 December Late
1971 May 10 December 17
1972 May 10 December 20
1973 April 21 December 11
1974 May 12 December 17
1975 May 9 December 9
1976 April 30 December 20
1977 April 25
1978 May 13 December 3
1979 May 11 December 14
1980 April December 9
1981 May 3 December 15
1982 May 12 December 13
1983 May 11 December 7
1984 April 28 December 18
1985 May 8 December 12
1986 April 28 December 12
1987 April 20 Earliest OPEN December 23
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999 December 23
2000 December 12
2001 December 25  Latest FROZEN
2002 December 3
2003 December 3
2004 December 17
2005 December 15
2006 December 6
2007 December 4
2008 December 15
2009 December 17
2010 December 15
2011 December 17
2012 December 22
2013 December 7
2014 May 21 Latest OPEN November 28
2015

 

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