Minnesota · Becker County
Detroit Lake Ice-Out Dates
The ice usually goes out of Detroit Lake around April 20 — the third week of April. Earliest ever: March 23 (1910). Latest: May 17 (1950).
April 20Usually around
March 23Earliest ever (1910)
May 17Latest ever (1950)
132Years of record (1893–2025)
The 2027 season
Tracking resumes when the ice forms.
Every recorded ice-out
132 years on the books, 1893–2025. Newest first.
| Year | Ice-out date |
|---|---|
| 2025 | April 12 |
| 2023 | May 5 |
| 2022 | May 3 |
| 2021 | April 3 |
| 2020 | April 2 |
| 2019 | April 25 |
| 2018 | May 1 |
| 2017 | April 7 |
| 2016 | March 29 |
| 2015 | April 12 |
| 2014 | April 26 |
| 2013 | May 12 |
| 2012 | March 24 |
| 2011 | April 26 |
| 2010 | April 2 |
| 2009 | April 23 |
| 2008 | May 1 |
| 2007 | April 21 |
| 2006 | April 13 |
| 2005 | April 14 |
| 2004 | April 15 |
| 2003 | April 14 |
| 2002 | April 16 |
| 2001 | April 28 |
| 2000 | April 3 |
| 1999 | April 13 |
| 1998 | April 10 |
| 1997 | April 28 |
| 1996 | May 5 |
| 1995 | April 22 |
| 1994 | April 18 |
| 1993 | April 19 |
| 1992 | April 9 |
| 1991 | April 11 |
| 1990 | April 22 |
| 1989 | April 25 |
| 1988 | April 15 |
| 1987 | April 10 |
| 1986 | April 12 |
| 1985 | April 20 |
| 1984 | April 13 |
| 1983 | April 15 |
| 1982 | April 24 |
| 1981 | April 6 |
| 1980 | April 21 |
| 1979 | May 9 |
| 1978 | May 1 |
| 1977 | April 18 |
| 1976 | April 14 |
| 1975 | May 4 |
| 1974 | April 27 |
| 1973 | April 6 |
| 1972 | May 1 |
| 1971 | April 21 |
| 1970 | April 29 |
| 1969 | April 21 |
| 1968 | April 13 |
| 1967 | April 15 |
| 1966 | May 2 |
| 1965 | April 29 |
| 1964 | April 26 |
| 1963 | April 12 |
| 1962 | April 28 |
| 1961 | April 21 |
| 1960 | April 26 |
| 1959 | April 12 |
| 1958 | April 12 |
| 1957 | April 20 |
| 1956 | May 9 |
| 1955 | April 16 |
| 1954 | April 23 |
| 1953 | April 23 |
| 1952 | April 23 |
| 1951 | April 30 |
| 1950 | May 17 |
| 1949 | April 20 |
| 1948 | April 21 |
| 1947 | April 30 |
| 1946 | April 3 |
| 1945 | March 31 |
| 1944 | April 23 |
| 1943 | April 21 |
| 1942 | April 14 |
| 1941 | April 13 |
| 1940 | April 29 |
| 1939 | April 24 |
| 1938 | April 11 |
| 1937 | April 18 |
| 1936 | May 5 |
| 1935 | April 23 |
| 1934 | April 20 |
| 1933 | April 20 |
| 1932 | April 18 |
| 1931 | April 8 |
| 1930 | April 13 |
| 1929 | April 14 |
| 1928 | April 27 |
| 1927 | April 19 |
| 1926 | April 21 |
| 1925 | April 11 |
| 1924 | April 9 |
| 1923 | April 29 |
| 1922 | April 25 |
| 1921 | April 13 |
| 1920 | April 25 |
| 1919 | April 12 |
| 1918 | April 15 |
| 1917 | April 26 |
| 1916 | April 24 |
| 1915 | April 17 |
| 1914 | April 22 |
| 1913 | April 19 |
| 1912 | April 13 |
| 1911 | April 13 |
| 1910 | March 23 |
| 1909 | May 5 |
| 1908 | April 19 |
| 1907 | May 7 |
| 1906 | April 20 |
| 1905 | April 8 |
| 1904 | May 5 |
| 1903 | April 25 |
| 1902 | March 28 |
| 1901 | April 21 |
| 1900 | April 17 |
| 1899 | April 28 |
| 1898 | April 5 |
| 1897 | April 18 |
| 1896 | April 26 |
| 1895 | April 9 |
| 1894 | April 27 |
| 1893 | May 12 |
When Detroit freezes over
Detroit Lake usually freezes over around November 22 — the fourth week of November. Earliest on record: October 25 (1919–20). Latest: December 16 (1999–00).
November 22Usually freezes around
October 25
Earliest on record (1919–20)
December 16
Latest on record (1999–00)
117
Winters of record
(1899–2025)
A freeze-up crosses New Year, so each row is the winter it belongs to: the winter of 2024–25 froze on November 29. Newest first.
| Winter | Ice-in date |
|---|---|
| 2024–25 | November 29 |
| 2023–24 | November 27 |
| 2022–23 | November 19 |
| 2021–22 | November 28 |
| 2020–21 | November 16 |
| 2018–19 | November 13 |
| 2015–16 | November 27 |
| 2014–15 | November 13 |
| 2013–14 | November 22 |
| 2012–13 | November 24 |
| 2011–12 | November 20 |
| 2010–11 | November 24 |
| 2009–10 | December 4 |
| 2008–09 | November 21 |
| 2007–08 | November 27 |
| 2006–07 | November 30 |
| 2005–06 | November 29 |
| 2004–05 | December 13 |
| 2003–04 | November 25 |
| 2002–03 | November 25 |
| 2001–02 | December 7 |
| 2000–01 | November 20 |
| 1999–00 | December 16 |
| 1998–99 | December 7 |
| 1997–98 | November 15 |
| 1996–97 | November 12 |
| 1995–96 | November 11 |
| 1994–95 | November 29 |
| 1993–94 | November 8 |
| 1992–93 | November 26 |
| 1991–92 | November 3 |
| 1990–91 | November 26 |
| 1989–90 | November 18 |
| 1988–89 | November 22 |
| 1987–88 | November 25 |
| 1986–87 | November 14 |
| 1985–86 | November 16 |
| 1984–85 | November 22 |
| 1983–84 | November 26 |
| 1982–83 | November 23 |
| 1981–82 | December 5 |
| 1980–81 | November 24 |
| 1979–80 | November 20 |
| 1978–79 | November 21 |
| 1977–78 | November 22 |
| 1976–77 | November 14 |
| 1975–76 | November 26 |
| 1974–75 | November 25 |
| 1973–74 | November 29 |
| 1972–73 | November 21 |
| 1971–72 | November 22 |
| 1970–71 | November 23 |
| 1969–70 | November 19 |
| 1968–69 | December 6 |
| 1967–68 | November 26 |
| 1966–67 | November 25 |
| 1965–66 | November 23 |
| 1964–65 | November 25 |
| 1963–64 | December 1 |
| 1962–63 | December 6 |
| 1961–62 | November 18 |
| 1960–61 | December 1 |
| 1959–60 | November 13 |
| 1958–59 | November 13 |
| 1957–58 | November 23 |
| 1956–57 | November 22 |
| 1955–56 | November 14 |
| 1954–55 | November 30 |
| 1953–54 | November 30 |
| 1952–53 | November 27 |
| 1951–52 | November 2 |
| 1950–51 | November 10 |
| 1949–50 | November 21 |
| 1948–49 | November 22 |
| 1947–48 | November 11 |
| 1946–47 | November 16 |
| 1945–46 | November 9 |
| 1944–45 | December 2 |
| 1943–44 | November 13 |
| 1942–43 | November 22 |
| 1941–42 | November 22 |
| 1940–41 | November 13 |
| 1939–40 | December 13 |
| 1938–39 | November 16 |
| 1937–38 | November 17 |
| 1936–37 | November 17 |
| 1935–36 | November 4 |
| 1934–35 | November 23 |
| 1933–34 | November 12 |
| 1932–33 | November 12 |
| 1931–32 | November 24 |
| 1930–31 | November 25 |
| 1929–30 | November 20 |
| 1928–29 | November 25 |
| 1927–28 | November 12 |
| 1926–27 | November 10 |
| 1925–26 | October 27 |
| 1924–25 | November 17 |
| 1923–24 | November 30 |
| 1922–23 | November 23 |
| 1921–22 | November 10 |
| 1920–21 | November 11 |
| 1919–20 | October 25 |
| 1918–19 | November 22 |
| 1917–18 | October 29 |
| 1916–17 | November 4 |
| 1915–16 | November 14 |
| 1914–15 | November 15 |
| 1913–14 | December 8 |
| 1912–13 | October 28 |
| 1911–12 | November 1 |
| 1910–11 | November 5 |
| 1909–10 | November 19 |
| 1908–09 | November 30 |
| 1903–04 | November 18 |
| 1902–03 | November 28 |
| 1899–00 | December 5 |
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.