Date: 05/05/2018

Number: 1

Record late ice-out on Lake Minnetonka!

Freshwater Society and the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Water Patrol declared ice-out on Lake Minnetonka just after 12 noon today (May 5). That makes this year’s ice-out tied for the latest on record, sharing the honors with May 5, 1857. This was 21 days later than the April 14 median date — when half the recorded ice-outs have occurred earlier and half later. In the last twenty years, 14 dates have been earlier than the median date and six have been on or later.

Lake Minnetonka, MN

Latitude: 44.9 Longitude: -93.6

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