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Richardson Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Richardson Lake around May 5 — the first week of May. Earliest ever: April 14 (1945). Latest: May 23 (1888).

Richardson Lake ice-out dates, 1880–2021AprMay1880: May 81881: May 151882: May 211883: May 141884: May 121885: May 131886: May 21887: May 121888: May 231889: April 291890: May 111891: May 61892: May 61893: May 211894: May 11895: May 51896: May 91897: May 121898: May 11899: May 81900: May 101901: May 11902: April 231903: April 271904: May 91905: May 31906: May 161907: May 171908: May 71909: May 111910: April 171911: May 101912: May 71913: May 31914: May 161915: April 281916: May 81917: May 171918: April 301919: May 31920: May 171921: April 151922: May 41923: May 71924: May 81925: April 281926: May 151927: April 221928: May 111929: May 91930: May 51931: April 241932: May 41933: May 71934: May 41935: May 111936: May 31937: May 131939: May 141941: April 261942: May 31943: May 191944: May 91945: April 141946: May 21947: May 131948: April 261949: April 271950: May 71951: May 31952: April 301953: April 221954: May 21955: April 291956: May 141957: May 11958: May 21959: May 51960: May 11961: May 151962: May 91963: May 51964: May 61965: May 71966: May 91967: May 91968: April 231969: May 101970: May 141971: May 121972: May 201973: May 41974: May 131975: May 101976: April 251977: May 51978: May 161979: April 291980: May 31981: April 271982: May 111983: May 61984: May 21985: May 71986: April 251987: April 201988: April 291989: May 111990: May 51991: May 11992: May 131993: May 21994: May 91995: May 61996: May 81997: May 81998: April 191999: May 22000: April 302001: May 52002: April 222003: May 32004: May 22005: May 52006: April 202007: May 82008: April 282013: May 12016: April 182017: April 292018: May 72019: May 82020: May 4Usually May 52021: April 142021
May 5Usually around
April 14Earliest ever (1945)
May 23Latest ever (1888)
134Years of record (1880–2021)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

134 years on the books, 1880–2021. Newest first.

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