Maine

Kezar Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Kezar Lake around April 22 — the fourth week of April. Earliest ever: March 26 (2012). Latest: May 6 (1939).

Kezar Lake ice-out dates, 1901–2026MarAprMay1901: April 201902: April 131903: April 191904: May 21905: April 221906: April 81907: April 301908: April 291909: April 271910: April 71911: May 11912: April 251913: April 191914: April 261915: April 171916: April 221917: April 281918: April 231919: April 101920: April 291921: April 31922: April 171923: April 251924: April 221925: April 151926: May 31927: April 161928: May 51929: April 251930: April 141931: April 131932: April 281933: April 291934: April 241935: April 251936: April 221937: May 21938: April 201939: May 61940: May 51941: April 141942: April 241943: May 21944: May 21945: April 91946: April 101947: April 241948: April 141949: April 121950: April 271951: April 201952: April 231953: April 141954: April 221955: April 221956: May 11957: April 171958: April 201959: April 231960: April 241961: May 11962: April 241963: April 231964: April 281965: April 281966: April 231967: April 281968: April 161969: April 291970: May 31971: May 21972: May 31973: April 191974: April 261975: May 11976: April 191977: April 201978: May 21979: April 261980: April 201981: April 71982: April 301983: April 141984: April 211985: April 171986: April 171987: April 131988: April 171989: April 281990: April 231991: April 111992: April 251993: April 281994: April 281995: April 241996: April 201997: April 171998: April 241999: April 102000: April 132001: April 272002: April 102003: April 262004: April 192005: April 182006: April 32007: April 242008: April 242009: April 172012: March 262014: April 242016: April 52017: April 262018: April 252019: April 292020: April 102021: April 72022: April 142023: April 132024: April 82025: April 18Usually Apr 222026: April 122026
April 22Usually around
March 26Earliest ever (2012)
May 6Latest ever (1939)
122Years of record (1901–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

122 years on the books, 1901–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026April 12
2025April 18
2024April 8
2023April 13
2022April 14
2021April 7
2020April 10
2019April 29
2018April 25
2017April 26
2016April 5
2014April 24
2012March 26
2009April 17
2008April 24
2007April 24
2006April 3
2005April 18
2004April 19
2003April 26
2002April 10
2001April 27
2000April 13
1999April 10
1998April 24
1997April 17
1996April 20
1995April 24
1994April 28
1993April 28
1992April 25
1991April 11
1990April 23
1989April 28
1988April 17
1987April 13
1986April 17
1985April 17
1984April 21
1983April 14
1982April 30
1981April 7
1980April 20
1979April 26
1978May 2
1977April 20
1976April 19
1975May 1
1974April 26
1973April 19
1972May 3
1971May 2
1970May 3
1969April 29
1968April 16
1967April 28
1966April 23
1965April 28
1964April 28
1963April 23
1962April 24
1961May 1
1960April 24
1959April 23
1958April 20
1957April 17
1956May 1
1955April 22
1954April 22
1953April 14
1952April 23
1951April 20
1950April 27
1949April 12
1948April 14
1947April 24
1946April 10
1945April 9
1944May 2
1943May 2
1942April 24
1941April 14
1940May 5
1939May 6
1938April 20
1937May 2
1936April 22
1935April 25
1934April 24
1933April 29
1932April 28
1931April 13
1930April 14
1929April 25
1928May 5
1927April 16
1926May 3
1925April 15
1924April 22
1923April 25
1922April 17
1921April 3
1920April 29
1919April 10
1918April 23
1917April 28
1916April 22
1915April 17
1914April 26
1913April 19
1912April 25
1911May 1
1910April 7
1909April 27
1908April 29
1907April 30
1906April 8
1905April 22
1904May 2
1903April 19
1902April 13
1901April 20

Late ice is unpredictable — no date on this page says the ice is safe.

Records: USGS Open-File Report 2010-1214 (Hodgkins, 2010), Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands ice-out reports. Last checked August 2026.

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