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Rangeley Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Rangeley Lake around May 6 — the first week of May. Earliest ever: April 14 (1921). Latest: May 24 (1882).

Rangeley Lake ice-out dates, 1880–2026AprMay1880: May 131881: May 161882: May 241883: May 161884: May 131885: May 161886: May 41887: May 171888: May 211889: April 301890: May 91891: May 141892: May 91893: May 171894: May 21895: May 71896: May 101897: May 131898: May 51899: May 81900: May 161901: May 41902: April 281903: April 271904: May 141905: May 51906: May 131907: May 191908: May 101909: May 121910: April 191911: May 111912: May 91913: May 41914: May 211915: April 291916: May 81917: May 171918: May 31919: May 31920: May 191921: April 141922: May 41923: May 91924: May 101925: April 291926: May 181927: April 291928: May 131929: May 101930: May 61931: April 261932: May 61933: May 71934: May 51935: May 111936: May 41937: May 111938: April 291939: May 141940: May 191941: April 261942: May 51943: May 201944: May 111945: April 141946: May 21947: May 131948: May 11949: April 241950: May 81951: May 21952: May 21953: April 241954: May 61955: April 301956: May 151957: May 11958: May 71959: May 81960: May 41961: May 151962: May 171963: May 71964: May 61965: May 91966: May 171967: May 101968: April 251969: May 121970: May 151971: May 151972: May 231973: May 41974: May 151975: May 121976: April 281977: May 71978: May 171979: May 11980: May 51981: April 301982: May 131983: May 61984: May 41985: May 101986: April 271987: April 211988: May 51989: May 111990: May 51991: May 11992: May 121993: May 21994: May 81995: May 51996: May 91997: May 131998: April 231999: May 32000: April 302001: May 62002: April 252003: May 62004: May 22005: May 72006: April 232007: May 112008: May 42009: April 282010: April 182011: May 42012: April 172013: May 22014: May 112015: May 82016: April 222017: April 302018: May 92019: May 112020: May 92021: April 172022: May 52023: April 262024: April 232025: April 28Usually May 62026: April 292026
May 6Usually around
April 14Earliest ever (1921)
May 24Latest ever (1882)
147Years of record (1880–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

147 years on the books, 1880–2026. Newest first.

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