"Ice-out for 2016 was called on March 19 for the Chisago Chain of Lakes, tying the prior earliest record, March 19, 2012. " "Ice out for 2016 is “early†considering how few ice outs have been proclaimed for any day in March (just 12 times of a total of 100 years.) If you are a betting person, go for a mid-April date." "the average ice out date of April 13, over the century, is nearly a whole month later than what this year brought. "
Read the article and thanks to the Chisago County Press in Lindstrom, Minnesota.
