Date: 04/12/2015

Number: 1

Lake Osakis near Osakis, Minnesota


"We have a winner in the Lake Osakis Ice Out Contest."

"Juanita Hughes of Osakis nailed the date exactly – Saturday, April 11."

"This year’s ice-out is an early one, beating last year’s date (April 27) by 16 days and 2013’s date (May 13) by more than a month. The median ice-out date is April 19."

"According to the state climatology office, Lake Osakis has the longest running data in the state when it comes to recording ice out dates; records go back to 1867."

"The earliest ice out was March 13, 1878 and the latest ice out was May 14, 1950."




Read the article and thanks to the The Osakis Review in Osakis, Minnesota.

Lake Osakis, MN

Latitude: 45.9 Longitude: -95.1

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