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West Grand Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of West Grand Lake around April 28 — the fourth week of April. Earliest ever: April 2 (2006). Latest: May 19 (1918).

West Grand Lake ice-out dates, 1878–2026MarAprMay1878: April 261879: May 101880: May 21881: May 31882: May 61883: May 91884: April 301885: May 51886: May 31887: May 111888: May 171889: April 261890: May 81891: May 41892: April 301893: May 91894: April 301895: May 21896: April 291897: May 41898: April 271899: April 271900: April 291901: April 251902: April 81903: April 201904: May 51905: April 281906: May 51907: May 51908: April 301909: May 61910: April 101911: May 31912: May 71913: April 201914: May 101915: April 201916: April 271917: May 41918: May 191919: April 291920: May 41921: April 101922: April 181923: May 61924: May 71925: April 141926: May 141927: April 231928: May 31929: April 301930: April 271931: April 211932: April 251933: April 291934: April 251935: May 51936: April 161937: April 291938: April 251939: May 111940: May 81941: April 271942: April 301943: May 11944: May 21945: April 131946: April 271947: April 241948: April 251949: April 161950: April 301951: April 131952: April 291953: April 81954: April 281955: April 251956: May 51957: April 291958: April 251959: May 41960: May 11961: May 121962: April 291963: May 41964: May 31965: May 21966: April 251967: May 51968: April 211969: May 41970: May 11971: May 31972: May 141973: April 271974: April 221975: May 41976: April 201977: May 21978: May 71979: April 231980: April 181981: April 101982: May 41983: April 141984: April 301985: April 231986: April 231987: April 221988: April 201989: May 61990: April 271991: April 281992: May 31993: April 271994: May 21995: April 281996: April 241997: April 281998: April 171999: April 72000: April 92001: May 52002: April 132003: May 62004: April 242005: April 242006: April 22007: May 12008: April 272009: April 212010: April 52011: April 242012: April 142013: April 202014: April 282015: May 22016: April 22017: April 262018: May 22019: April 302020: April 212021: April 112022: April 162023: April 192024: April 92025: April 20Usually Apr 282026: April 172026
April 28Usually around
April 2Earliest ever (2006)
May 19Latest ever (1918)
149Years of record (1878–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

149 years on the books, 1878–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026April 17
2025April 20
2024April 9
2023April 19
2022April 16
2021April 11
2020April 21
2019April 30
2018May 2
2017April 26
2016April 2
2015May 2
2014April 28
2013April 20
2012April 14
2011April 24
2010April 5
2009April 21
2008April 27
2007May 1
2006April 2
2005April 24
2004April 24
2003May 6
2002April 13
2001May 5
2000April 9
1999April 7
1998April 17
1997April 28
1996April 24
1995April 28
1994May 2
1993April 27
1992May 3
1991April 28
1990April 27
1989May 6
1988April 20
1987April 22
1986April 23
1985April 23
1984April 30
1983April 14
1982May 4
1981April 10
1980April 18
1979April 23
1978May 7
1977May 2
1976April 20
1975May 4
1974April 22
1973April 27
1972May 14
1971May 3
1970May 1
1969May 4
1968April 21
1967May 5
1966April 25
1965May 2
1964May 3
1963May 4
1962April 29
1961May 12
1960May 1
1959May 4
1958April 25
1957April 29
1956May 5
1955April 25
1954April 28
1953April 8
1952April 29
1951April 13
1950April 30
1949April 16
1948April 25
1947April 24
1946April 27
1945April 13
1944May 2
1943May 1
1942April 30
1941April 27
1940May 8
1939May 11
1938April 25
1937April 29
1936April 16
1935May 5
1934April 25
1933April 29
1932April 25
1931April 21
1930April 27
1929April 30
1928May 3
1927April 23
1926May 14
1925April 14
1924May 7
1923May 6
1922April 18
1921April 10
1920May 4
1919April 29
1918May 19
1917May 4
1916April 27
1915April 20
1914May 10
1913April 20
1912May 7
1911May 3
1910April 10
1909May 6
1908April 30
1907May 5
1906May 5
1905April 28
1904May 5
1903April 20
1902April 8
1901April 25
1900April 29
1899April 27
1898April 27
1897May 4
1896April 29
1895May 2
1894April 30
1893May 9
1892April 30
1891May 4
1890May 8
1889April 26
1888May 17
1887May 11
1886May 3
1885May 5
1884April 30
1883May 9
1882May 6
1881May 3
1880May 2
1879May 10
1878April 26

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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