Maine

Thompson Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Thompson Lake around April 19 — the third week of April. Earliest ever: March 15 (2024). Latest: May 7 (1940).

Thompson Lake ice-out dates, 1902–2026MarAprMay1902: April 171903: April 41904: April 301905: April 231906: April 231907: April 301908: April 251909: April 201910: April 51911: April 281912: April 31913: April 181914: April 231915: April 151916: April 191917: April 281918: April 241919: April 121920: April 251921: April 31922: April 171923: April 241924: April 191925: April 101926: May 31927: April 171928: April 211929: April 231930: April 241931: April 121932: April 211933: April 241934: April 231935: April 231936: April 131937: April 271938: April 171939: May 61940: May 71941: April 151942: April 181943: April 261944: April 291945: April 31946: April 61947: April 161948: April 91949: April 101950: April 241951: April 101952: April 201953: April 61954: April 201955: April 171956: May 21957: April 171958: April 191959: April 231960: April 251961: May 11962: April 231963: April 201964: April 271965: April 291966: April 221967: April 281968: April 161969: April 201970: April 281971: May 31972: May 61973: April 201974: April 161975: April 131976: April 161977: April 191978: May 11979: April 141980: April 121981: March 291982: April 281983: April 101984: April 211985: April 111986: April 121987: April 101988: April 111989: April 281990: April 151991: April 91992: April 101993: April 231994: April 241995: April 141996: April 151997: April 231998: April 91999: April 62000: April 82003: April 222007: April 232008: April 232010: March 242011: April 232012: March 232014: April 232016: March 262018: April 242019: April 232020: April 42021: April 62022: April 72023: April 132024: March 152025: April 13Usually Apr 192026: April 102026
April 19Usually around
March 15Earliest ever (2024)
May 7Latest ever (1940)
116Years of record (1902–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

116 years on the books, 1902–2026. Newest first.

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

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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