Ice-In and Ice-out dates for Clary Lake

This data has been compiled by David Hodsdon. See notes 1 & 2 below for his criteria for determining ice-in and ice-out.

Year	Ice-Out	Ice-In	Comments
2001	4/24/2001	12/22/2001
2002	3/31/2002	11/29/2002
2003	4/16/2003	12/05/2003
2004	4/09/2004	12/15/2004
2005	4/13/2005	12/09/2005
2006	3/23/2006	12/30/2006
2007	4/22/2007	12/04/2007
2008	4/18/2008	12/18/2008	See note 3
2009	4/09/2009	12/13/2009
2010	3/18/2010	12/17/2010
2011	4/13/2011	1/15/2012	See note 4
2012	3/21/2012	12/15/2012
2013	4/03/2013	11/30/2013	See note 5
2014	4/14/2014	12/06/2014	See notes 6, 7
2015	4/19/2015	1/14/2016	See note 8
2016	3/13/2016	12/12/2016
2017	4/15/2017	12/15/2017	Mostly out on April 13th, 2017
2018	4/20/2018	11/23/2018	Much of the lake was ice free prior to April 20th.
2019	4/14/2019		Ice out seemed to take forever this year!

 

Notes

1. The criterion for ice-out is when the lake is sufficiently free of ice that one can boat round the lake within a few feet of shore (essentially completely free of ice).
2. The criterion for ice-in is when the lake is first completely covered with ice for the winter.
3. Ice started out on the 16th and loons arrived on the 17th.
4. First ice-in on 12/19/2011 then out a few days later.
5. Considerable open water along the north shore by mid-March and there were loons observed in late March.
6. David said the ice went out between 4 and 5 pm on April 14th. I don’t think he’s ever put that fine a point on it. He also said that the loons were back on the 12th, a point on which I agree.
7. The lake initially froze over completely on November 29, 2014 but about half of it melted off again a few days later. It didn’t fully refreeze until the night of December 6th.
8. The lake was completely covered with ice on January 6, 2016 but an area opened up again a few days later and didn’t completely refreeze until January 14, 2016