Maine

Pennesseewassee Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Pennesseewassee Lake around April 23 — the fourth week of April. Earliest ever: March 29 (2016). Latest: May 13 (1874).

Pennesseewassee Lake ice-out dates, 1874–2019MarAprMay1874: May 131875: May 61876: May 111877: April 221878: April 121879: May 71880: April 221881: April 291882: May 11883: May 21884: April 261885: May 21886: April 241887: May 61888: May 101889: April 161890: April 261891: April 281892: April 181893: May 81894: April 241895: April 211896: April 271897: April 271898: April 181899: April 291900: April 291901: April 211902: April 161903: April 111904: May 31905: April 221906: April 261907: April 301908: April 261909: April 271910: April 61911: April 291912: April 251913: April 231914: April 261915: April 151916: April 211917: April 281918: April 241919: April 141920: May 31921: April 81922: April 191923: April 291924: April 211925: April 141926: May 31927: April 161928: April 271929: April 261930: April 141931: April 121932: April 211933: April 281934: April 231935: April 251936: April 211937: May 11938: April 201939: May 71940: May 71941: May 51942: April 211943: April 281944: May 21945: April 91946: April 101947: April 231948: April 101949: April 111950: April 271951: April 151952: April 201953: April 101954: April 231955: April 201956: May 21957: April 171958: April 191959: April 241960: April 251961: April 301962: April 231963: April 211964: April 271965: April 241966: April 231967: April 281968: April 141969: April 271970: May 11971: May 31972: May 51973: April 221974: April 211975: May 11976: April 181977: April 191978: May 31979: April 261980: April 131981: April 11982: April 301983: April 91984: April 211985: April 121986: April 171987: April 171988: April 101989: April 261990: April 111991: April 111992: April 221993: April 221994: April 261995: April 121997: April 271998: April 201999: April 232001: May 12002: April 102003: April 232004: April 192005: April 192006: March 312007: April 242008: April 242015: April 202016: March 292017: April 24Usually Apr 232019: April 282019
April 23Usually around
March 29Earliest ever (2016)
May 13Latest ever (1874)
137Years of record (1874–2019)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

137 years on the books, 1874–2019. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2019April 28
2017April 24
2016March 29
2015April 20
2008April 24
2007April 24
2006March 31
2005April 19
2004April 19
2003April 23
2002April 10
2001May 1
1999April 23
1998April 20
1997April 27
1995April 12
1994April 26
1993April 22
1992April 22
1991April 11
1990April 11
1989April 26
1988April 10
1987April 17
1986April 17
1985April 12
1984April 21
1983April 9
1982April 30
1981April 1
1980April 13
1979April 26
1978May 3
1977April 19
1976April 18
1975May 1
1974April 21
1973April 22
1972May 5
1971May 3
1970May 1
1969April 27
1968April 14
1967April 28
1966April 23
1965April 24
1964April 27
1963April 21
1962April 23
1961April 30
1960April 25
1959April 24
1958April 19
1957April 17
1956May 2
1955April 20
1954April 23
1953April 10
1952April 20
1951April 15
1950April 27
1949April 11
1948April 10
1947April 23
1946April 10
1945April 9
1944May 2
1943April 28
1942April 21
1941May 5
1940May 7
1939May 7
1938April 20
1937May 1
1936April 21
1935April 25
1934April 23
1933April 28
1932April 21
1931April 12
1930April 14
1929April 26
1928April 27
1927April 16
1926May 3
1925April 14
1924April 21
1923April 29
1922April 19
1921April 8
1920May 3
1919April 14
1918April 24
1917April 28
1916April 21
1915April 15
1914April 26
1913April 23
1912April 25
1911April 29
1910April 6
1909April 27
1908April 26
1907April 30
1906April 26
1905April 22
1904May 3
1903April 11
1902April 16
1901April 21
1900April 29
1899April 29
1898April 18
1897April 27
1896April 27
1895April 21
1894April 24
1893May 8
1892April 18
1891April 28
1890April 26
1889April 16
1888May 10
1887May 6
1886April 24
1885May 2
1884April 26
1883May 2
1882May 1
1881April 29
1880April 22
1879May 7
1878April 12
1877April 22
1876May 11
1875May 6
1874May 13

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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