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Moosehead Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Moosehead Lake around May 7 — the first week of May. Earliest ever: April 14 (1945). Latest: May 29 (1878).

Moosehead Lake ice-out dates, 1848–2026AprMayJun1848: April 301849: May 121850: May 91851: May 141852: May 171853: May 111854: May 201855: May 171856: May 91857: May 121858: May 131859: May 141860: May 111861: May 121862: May 181863: May 181864: May 61865: May 41866: May 111867: May 191868: May 181869: May 101870: May 41871: May 131872: May 111873: May 161874: May 261875: May 241876: May 231877: May 61878: May 291879: May 141880: May 61881: May 91882: May 181883: May 131884: May 81885: May 161886: May 21887: May 131888: May 221889: April 301890: May 91891: May 141892: May 41893: May 181894: May 11895: May 61896: May 81897: May 81898: May 41899: May 71900: May 111901: April 291902: April 281903: April 281904: May 101905: May 21906: May 131907: May 141908: May 111909: May 151910: April 201911: May 131912: May 81913: May 21914: May 151915: May 11916: May 41917: May 141918: May 11919: May 31920: May 141921: April 221922: May 11923: May 101924: May 91925: April 281926: May 181927: April 251928: May 121929: May 81930: May 51931: April 241932: May 51933: May 41934: May 41935: May 101936: May 21937: May 101938: April 291939: May 171940: May 171941: April 291942: May 51943: May 181944: May 141945: April 141946: May 61947: May 131948: May 41949: April 231950: May 71951: April 291952: April 301953: April 241954: May 21955: May 41956: May 151957: May 21958: May 21959: May 91960: May 61961: May 171962: May 181963: May 71964: May 71965: May 71966: May 61967: May 81968: April 251969: May 131970: May 161971: May 141972: May 221973: May 51974: May 161975: May 121976: May 11977: May 61978: May 151979: May 11980: May 21981: April 271982: May 131983: May 21984: May 61985: May 31986: April 281987: April 211988: May 31989: May 121990: May 71991: May 21992: May 131993: May 81994: May 111995: May 21996: May 51997: May 111998: April 271999: April 302000: April 302001: May 42002: April 202003: May 72004: May 12005: May 62006: April 192007: May 122008: May 72009: April 262010: April 152011: May 42012: April 162013: April 282014: May 102015: May 52016: April 232017: May 12018: May 82019: May 92020: May 42021: April 162022: April 282023: April 252024: April 202025: April 29Usually May 72026: May 12026
May 7Usually around
April 14Earliest ever (1945)
May 29Latest ever (1878)
179Years of record (1848–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

179 years on the books, 1848–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026May 1
2025April 29
2024April 20
2023April 25
2022April 28
2021April 16
2020May 4
2019May 9
2018May 8
2017May 1
2016April 23
2015May 5
2014May 10
2013April 28
2012April 16
2011May 4
2010April 15
2009April 26
2008May 7
2007May 12
2006April 19
2005May 6
2004May 1
2003May 7
2002April 20
2001May 4
2000April 30
1999April 30
1998April 27
1997May 11
1996May 5
1995May 2
1994May 11
1993May 8
1992May 13
1991May 2
1990May 7
1989May 12
1988May 3
1987April 21
1986April 28
1985May 3
1984May 6
1983May 2
1982May 13
1981April 27
1980May 2
1979May 1
1978May 15
1977May 6
1976May 1
1975May 12
1974May 16
1973May 5
1972May 22
1971May 14
1970May 16
1969May 13
1968April 25
1967May 8
1966May 6
1965May 7
1964May 7
1963May 7
1962May 18
1961May 17
1960May 6
1959May 9
1958May 2
1957May 2
1956May 15
1955May 4
1954May 2
1953April 24
1952April 30
1951April 29
1950May 7
1949April 23
1948May 4
1947May 13
1946May 6
1945April 14
1944May 14
1943May 18
1942May 5
1941April 29
1940May 17
1939May 17
1938April 29
1937May 10
1936May 2
1935May 10
1934May 4
1933May 4
1932May 5
1931April 24
1930May 5
1929May 8
1928May 12
1927April 25
1926May 18
1925April 28
1924May 9
1923May 10
1922May 1
1921April 22
1920May 14
1919May 3
1918May 1
1917May 14
1916May 4
1915May 1
1914May 15
1913May 2
1912May 8
1911May 13
1910April 20
1909May 15
1908May 11
1907May 14
1906May 13
1905May 2
1904May 10
1903April 28
1902April 28
1901April 29
1900May 11
1899May 7
1898May 4
1897May 8
1896May 8
1895May 6
1894May 1
1893May 18
1892May 4
1891May 14
1890May 9
1889April 30
1888May 22
1887May 13
1886May 2
1885May 16
1884May 8
1883May 13
1882May 18
1881May 9
1880May 6
1879May 14
1878May 29
1877May 6
1876May 23
1875May 24
1874May 26
1873May 16
1872May 11
1871May 13
1870May 4
1869May 10
1868May 18
1867May 19
1866May 11
1865May 4
1864May 6
1863May 18
1862May 18
1861May 12
1860May 11
1859May 14
1858May 13
1857May 12
1856May 9
1855May 17
1854May 20
1853May 11
1852May 17
1851May 14
1850May 9
1849May 12
1848April 30

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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