Maine

Sebec Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Sebec Lake around April 29 — the fourth week of April. Earliest ever: April 1 (1902). Latest: May 14 (1972).

Sebec Lake ice-out dates, 1879–2026MarAprMay1879: May 81880: May 61881: April 281882: May 81883: May 41884: April 281885: May 111886: May 21887: April 281888: May 121889: April 241891: April 261892: April 301893: May 121894: April 281895: April 291896: May 41897: May 41898: April 281899: May 41900: May 11901: April 221902: April 11903: April 171905: April 291906: May 81907: May 51908: May 51909: May 91910: April 201911: May 61912: May 41913: April 271914: May 91915: April 251916: April 251917: May 71918: April 261919: April 241920: May 81921: April 171922: April 211923: May 61924: April 291925: April 231926: May 101927: April 211928: May 81929: May 31930: May 11931: April 141932: April 271933: May 11934: April 261935: April 281936: April 281937: May 51938: April 271939: May 111940: May 101941: April 221942: April 291943: May 81944: May 51945: April 101946: April 271947: May 61948: April 301949: April 151950: May 21951: April 211952: April 241953: April 171954: April 301955: May 11956: May 61957: April 271958: April 241959: April 281960: May 21961: May 31962: May 41963: April 281964: May 11965: May 11966: April 261967: May 41968: April 281969: May 51970: May 71971: May 71972: May 141973: April 271974: May 11975: May 51976: April 281977: April 281978: May 81979: April 281980: April 241981: April 141982: May 61983: April 201984: April 281985: April 271986: April 241987: April 131988: April 241989: May 31990: May 11991: April 301992: May 71993: May 21994: May 21995: April 241996: April 261997: May 21998: April 181999: April 182000: April 202001: May 22002: April 182003: May 32004: April 212005: April 242006: April 142007: May 22008: April 292009: April 222010: April 32011: April 292012: April 82013: April 202014: May 42015: April 292016: April 182017: April 292018: May 42019: May 32020: April 272021: April 112022: April 202023: April 182024: April 142025: April 26Usually Apr 292026: April 282026
April 29Usually around
April 1Earliest ever (1902)
May 14Latest ever (1972)
146Years of record (1879–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

146 years on the books, 1879–2026. Newest first.

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