Maine

Sebago Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Sebago Lake around April 17 — the third week of April. Earliest ever: March 13 (1932). Latest: May 8 (1888).

Sebago Lake ice-out dates, 1807–2026MarAprMay1807: May 71812: May 11816: April 301819: April 291820: April 251821: April 291822: April 121823: April 231824: April 171825: April 161826: April 181834: April 141837: May 11840: April 191841: April 291842: April 201843: May 21844: April 171845: April 241846: April 141849: April 291851: April 201852: May 41853: April 201855: April 271856: April 271857: April 141858: April 161862: April 291863: April 281866: April 181867: April 261871: April 51872: May 41873: May 11874: May 71875: May 61876: May 11877: April 231878: April 121879: May 51880: April 131881: April 241882: April 191883: April 291884: April 261885: April 261886: April 251887: May 11888: May 81889: April 121890: April 241891: April 231892: April 111893: May 41894: April 191895: April 211896: April 211897: April 221898: April 131899: April 271900: April 261901: April 151902: March 301903: March 281904: April 231905: April 251906: April 221907: April 301908: April 251909: April 151910: April 31911: April 291912: April 231913: April 91914: April 201915: April 121916: April 181917: April 241918: April 261919: April 11920: April 231921: March 281922: April 141923: April 221924: April 161925: April 41926: April 301927: April 151928: April 81929: April 101930: April 71931: April 121932: March 131933: April 101934: April 201935: April 171936: March 271938: April 21939: April 231940: May 31941: April 121942: April 81943: April 171944: April 241945: April 11946: March 261948: April 31950: April 171952: April 151954: April 131956: April 61957: April 91958: April 61959: April 61962: April 101963: April 151964: April 161965: April 141966: April 21967: April 101968: April 81969: April 211970: April 231971: May 21972: May 11973: April 101974: April 111975: March 291976: April 31977: April 41978: April 141979: March 261980: April 111981: March 171982: April 211983: March 171984: April 161985: March 141986: March 311987: March 291988: April 11989: April 101990: April 51992: March 271993: April 191994: April 201995: March 181996: April 41997: April 142000: March 292001: April 242003: April 242004: April 92005: April 172006: March 252007: April 232008: April 212009: April 122011: April 152014: April 202015: April 242019: April 18Usually Apr 172026: April 42026
April 17Usually around
March 13Earliest ever (1932)
May 8Latest ever (1888)
164Years of record (1807–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

164 years on the books, 1807–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026April 4
2019April 18
2015April 24
2014April 20
2011April 15
2009April 12
2008April 21
2007April 23
2006March 25
2005April 17
2004April 9
2003April 24
2001April 24
2000March 29
1997April 14
1996April 4
1995March 18
1994April 20
1993April 19
1992March 27
1990April 5
1989April 10
1988April 1
1987March 29
1986March 31
1985March 14
1984April 16
1983March 17
1982April 21
1981March 17
1980April 11
1979March 26
1978April 14
1977April 4
1976April 3
1975March 29
1974April 11
1973April 10
1972May 1
1971May 2
1970April 23
1969April 21
1968April 8
1967April 10
1966April 2
1965April 14
1964April 16
1963April 15
1962April 10
1959April 6
1958April 6
1957April 9
1956April 6
1954April 13
1952April 15
1950April 17
1948April 3
1946March 26
1945April 1
1944April 24
1943April 17
1942April 8
1941April 12
1940May 3
1939April 23
1938April 2
1936March 27
1935April 17
1934April 20
1933April 10
1932March 13
1931April 12
1930April 7
1929April 10
1928April 8
1927April 15
1926April 30
1925April 4
1924April 16
1923April 22
1922April 14
1921March 28
1920April 23
1919April 1
1918April 26
1917April 24
1916April 18
1915April 12
1914April 20
1913April 9
1912April 23
1911April 29
1910April 3
1909April 15
1908April 25
1907April 30
1906April 22
1905April 25
1904April 23
1903March 28
1902March 30
1901April 15
1900April 26
1899April 27
1898April 13
1897April 22
1896April 21
1895April 21
1894April 19
1893May 4
1892April 11
1891April 23
1890April 24
1889April 12
1888May 8
1887May 1
1886April 25
1885April 26
1884April 26
1883April 29
1882April 19
1881April 24
1880April 13
1879May 5
1878April 12
1877April 23
1876May 1
1875May 6
1874May 7
1873May 1
1872May 4
1871April 5
1867April 26
1866April 18
1863April 28
1862April 29
1858April 16
1857April 14
1856April 27
1855April 27
1853April 20
1852May 4
1851April 20
1849April 29
1846April 14
1845April 24
1844April 17
1843May 2
1842April 20
1841April 29
1840April 19
1837May 1
1834April 14
1826April 18
1825April 16
1824April 17
1823April 23
1822April 12
1821April 29
1820April 25
1819April 29
1816April 30
1812May 1
1807May 7

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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