Maine

Lake Auburn Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Lake Auburn around April 22 — the fourth week of April. Earliest ever: March 12 (2024). Latest: May 14 (1874).

Lake Auburn ice-out dates, 1836–2026MarAprMay1836: May 81837: April 301838: April 271839: April 181840: April 281841: April 301842: April 191843: May 61844: April 201845: May 21846: April 151847: May 101848: April 171849: April 141850: May 11851: April 211852: May 71853: April 221854: May 61855: May 51856: April 251857: April 211859: April 301860: April 241861: April 251862: May 61863: May 31870: April 241871: April 161872: May 11873: May 11874: May 141875: May 61876: May 51877: April 201878: April 151879: May 81880: April 211881: April 231882: May 21883: May 11884: April 281885: April 281886: April 241887: May 61888: May 111889: April 171890: April 261891: April 271892: April 211893: May 51894: April 241895: April 231896: April 251897: April 261898: April 181899: April 301900: April 261901: April 151902: April 41903: April 41904: May 11905: April 231906: April 241907: April 301908: April 241909: April 201910: April 51911: April 291912: April 231913: April 181914: April 241915: April 131916: April 221917: April 271918: April 241919: April 111920: April 271921: April 31922: April 171923: April 281924: April 211925: April 91926: May 21927: April 161928: April 201929: April 231930: April 141931: April 111932: April 201933: April 221934: April 231935: April 251936: April 141937: April 271938: April 191939: May 61940: May 61941: April 141942: April 181943: April 271944: April 291945: April 31946: April 111947: April 181948: April 111949: April 101950: April 241951: April 91952: April 201953: April 11954: April 191955: April 171956: April 291957: April 181958: April 171959: April 241960: May 11961: May 11962: April 231963: April 201964: April 261965: April 221966: April 201967: April 291968: April 141969: April 241970: April 271971: May 11972: May 61973: April 171974: April 101975: April 291976: April 171977: April 191978: April 281979: April 231980: April 131981: March 301982: April 281983: April 71984: April 201985: April 41986: April 141987: April 121988: April 121989: April 221990: April 141991: April 81992: April 101993: April 211994: April 231995: April 141996: April 91997: April 241998: April 81999: April 72000: April 62001: April 282002: April 42003: April 252004: April 142005: April 202006: March 312007: April 242008: April 232010: March 222011: April 212013: April 142014: April 232015: April 232016: March 182017: April 192018: April 252019: April 222020: April 32021: April 42022: April 72023: April 122024: March 122025: April 14Usually Apr 222026: April 132026
April 22Usually around
March 12Earliest ever (2024)
May 14Latest ever (1874)
182Years of record (1836–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

182 years on the books, 1836–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026April 13
2025April 14
2024March 12
2023April 12
2022April 7
2021April 4
2020April 3
2019April 22
2018April 25
2017April 19
2016March 18
2015April 23
2014April 23
2013April 14
2011April 21
2010March 22
2008April 23
2007April 24
2006March 31
2005April 20
2004April 14
2003April 25
2002April 4
2001April 28
2000April 6
1999April 7
1998April 8
1997April 24
1996April 9
1995April 14
1994April 23
1993April 21
1992April 10
1991April 8
1990April 14
1989April 22
1988April 12
1987April 12
1986April 14
1985April 4
1984April 20
1983April 7
1982April 28
1981March 30
1980April 13
1979April 23
1978April 28
1977April 19
1976April 17
1975April 29
1974April 10
1973April 17
1972May 6
1971May 1
1970April 27
1969April 24
1968April 14
1967April 29
1966April 20
1965April 22
1964April 26
1963April 20
1962April 23
1961May 1
1960May 1
1959April 24
1958April 17
1957April 18
1956April 29
1955April 17
1954April 19
1953April 1
1952April 20
1951April 9
1950April 24
1949April 10
1948April 11
1947April 18
1946April 11
1945April 3
1944April 29
1943April 27
1942April 18
1941April 14
1940May 6
1939May 6
1938April 19
1937April 27
1936April 14
1935April 25
1934April 23
1933April 22
1932April 20
1931April 11
1930April 14
1929April 23
1928April 20
1927April 16
1926May 2
1925April 9
1924April 21
1923April 28
1922April 17
1921April 3
1920April 27
1919April 11
1918April 24
1917April 27
1916April 22
1915April 13
1914April 24
1913April 18
1912April 23
1911April 29
1910April 5
1909April 20
1908April 24
1907April 30
1906April 24
1905April 23
1904May 1
1903April 4
1902April 4
1901April 15
1900April 26
1899April 30
1898April 18
1897April 26
1896April 25
1895April 23
1894April 24
1893May 5
1892April 21
1891April 27
1890April 26
1889April 17
1888May 11
1887May 6
1886April 24
1885April 28
1884April 28
1883May 1
1882May 2
1881April 23
1880April 21
1879May 8
1878April 15
1877April 20
1876May 5
1875May 6
1874May 14
1873May 1
1872May 1
1871April 16
1870April 24
1863May 3
1862May 6
1861April 25
1860April 24
1859April 30
1857April 21
1856April 25
1855May 5
1854May 6
1853April 22
1852May 7
1851April 21
1850May 1
1849April 14
1848April 17
1847May 10
1846April 15
1845May 2
1844April 20
1843May 6
1842April 19
1841April 30
1840April 28
1839April 18
1838April 27
1837April 30
1836May 8

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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