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Clear Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Clear Lake around April 2 — the first week of April. Earliest ever: March 1 (2024). Latest: April 29 (2018).

Clear Lake ice-out dates, 1874–2026FebMarAprMay1874: April 241875: April 191876: April 191877: April 121878: March 151879: March 201880: March 301894: March 201895: March 311896: March 251897: April 61898: March 201899: April 181900: April 81901: April 61902: March 151903: April 31904: March 301906: April 41907: March 271910: April 61914: April 81915: April 111916: April 121917: April 171918: March 311919: March 261920: March 281921: March 181922: April 31923: April 151924: April 141925: March 301926: April 131927: March 301928: March 261929: March 301930: March 161931: March 71932: April 71933: April 11934: March 151935: March 261936: April 151937: April 141938: March 251939: April 41940: April 151941: April 111942: March 241943: April 41944: April 21945: March 241946: March 261947: April 51948: March 311949: April 71950: April 181951: April 271952: April 191953: April 11954: March 241955: April 61956: April 171957: April 31958: April 41959: April 81960: April 81961: April 91962: April 221963: April 11964: April 51965: April 241966: March 171967: April 11968: March 161969: April 141970: April 151971: April 111972: April 171973: March 251974: April 101975: April 261976: March 241977: March 271978: April 61979: April 191980: April 111981: March 111982: April 21983: March 271984: April 121985: March 271986: March 311987: March 61988: March 311989: April 81990: March 221991: April 21992: April 31993: April 171994: April 11995: March 181996: April 181997: April 51998: March 291999: March 272000: March 72001: April 152002: April 12003: March 272004: March 282005: April 42006: April 32007: March 272008: April 162009: March 252010: March 312011: April 102012: March 142013: April 222014: April 122015: March 222016: March 152017: March 232018: April 292019: April 52020: March 292021: March 272022: April 52024: March 12025: March 15Usually Apr 22026: March 202026
April 2Usually around
March 1Earliest ever (2024)
April 29Latest ever (2018)
133Years of record (1874–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

133 years on the books, 1874–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026March 20
2025March 15
2024March 1
2022April 5
2021March 27
2020March 29
2019April 5
2018April 29
2017March 23
2016March 15
2015March 22
2014April 12
2013April 22
2012March 14
2011April 10
2010March 31
2009March 25
2008April 16
2007March 27
2006April 3
2005April 4
2004March 28
2003March 27
2002April 1
2001April 15
2000March 7
1999March 27
1998March 29
1997April 5
1996April 18
1995March 18
1994April 1
1993April 17
1992April 3
1991April 2
1990March 22
1989April 8
1988March 31
1987March 6
1986March 31
1985March 27
1984April 12
1983March 27
1982April 2
1981March 11
1980April 11
1979April 19
1978April 6
1977March 27
1976March 24
1975April 26
1974April 10
1973March 25
1972April 17
1971April 11
1970April 15
1969April 14
1968March 16
1967April 1
1966March 17
1965April 24
1964April 5
1963April 1
1962April 22
1961April 9
1960April 8
1959April 8
1958April 4
1957April 3
1956April 17
1955April 6
1954March 24
1953April 1
1952April 19
1951April 27
1950April 18
1949April 7
1948March 31
1947April 5
1946March 26
1945March 24
1944April 2
1943April 4
1942March 24
1941April 11
1940April 15
1939April 4
1938March 25
1937April 14
1936April 15
1935March 26
1934March 15
1933April 1
1932April 7
1931March 7
1930March 16
1929March 30
1928March 26
1927March 30
1926April 13
1925March 30
1924April 14
1923April 15
1922April 3
1921March 18
1920March 28
1919March 26
1918March 31
1917April 17
1916April 12
1915April 11
1914April 8
1910April 6
1907March 27
1906April 4
1904March 30
1903April 3
1902March 15
1901April 6
1900April 8
1899April 18
1898March 20
1897April 6
1896March 25
1895March 31
1894March 20
1880March 30
1879March 20
1878March 15
1877April 12
1876April 19
1875April 19
1874April 24

When Clear freezes over

Clear Lake usually freezes over around November 30 — the fourth week of November. Earliest on record: November 20 (2022–23). Latest: December 7 (2017–18).

November 30Usually freezes around
November 20 Earliest on record (2022–23)
December 7 Latest on record (2017–18)
6 Winters of record (2007–2026)

A freeze-up crosses New Year, so each row is the winter it belongs to: the winter of 2025–26 froze on December 1. Newest first.

WinterIce-in date
2025–26December 1
2024–25November 30
2022–23November 20
2020–21December 1
2017–18December 7
2007–08November 30

Records: Minnesota DNR ice-in records. Last checked August 2026.

Late ice is unpredictable — no date on this page says the ice is safe.

Records: Minnesota DNR ice-out records. Last checked August 2026.

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