Date: 05/08/2018

Number: 1

Lake Vermillion near Tower, Minnesota


"A one-day burst of summer-like heat tripped the switch on winter here on Monday, wiping away the last remnants of ice cover on all but a handful of area lakes, including Lake Vermilion. As of noon on Monday, most of Lake Vermilion still sported a hefty cover of ice.

But afternoon highs that topped 80 degrees in most locations later in the day melted all but a few lingering floes in Big Bay. By midday Tuesday, just two patches of floating ice were visible from McKinley Park and reports from other corners of the lake signaled ice-free conditions. Those last floes were gone by Wednesday, which put Vermilion’s official ice-out date at May 8."


Read the article covering this and other lakes and thanks to the Timberjay serving northern St. Louis County in Minnesota.

Tower, MN

Latitude: 47.9 Longitude: -92.3

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