The Ice is Gone

Last Friday, April 16th was the earliest ever day that the ice on Wawa Lake was gone (from records beginning in 1949). Although I think that Mother Nature is perhaps trying to hang on to winter with temperatures dropping below 0C every night. In 1987, the ice was gone as of April 20th.

Several years ago, Andy Stevens shared information showing the dates that Wawa Lake was frozen over, and when the ice went out in the spring. That chart has been added to and is below.

 

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		December	23
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999				December	23
2000				December	12
2001				December	25
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	December	5
2015	May	8		December	31	Latest FROZEN
2016	May	3		December	18
2017	April	29		December	14
2018	May	16		December	7
2019	May	17		December	7
2020	May	19		December	17
2021	April	16	Earliest Open