"Lake Auburn's ice sheet has been especially thin this winter, so it only took a windy March day to melt it for good.
Auburn Water District officials declared the lake officially iced out as of 1 p.m. Friday." "According to Dillingham's records, Lake Auburn's ice usually disappears in April, with ice-out occurring in that month 141 times in the past 180 years. The latest the ice has melted was May 14 in 1874."