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Itasca Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Itasca Lake around April 22 — the fourth week of April. Earliest ever: March 26 (2012). Latest: May 18 (1950).

Itasca Lake ice-out dates, 1929–2026MarAprMay1929: April 191930: April 151931: April 151932: April 211933: April 231934: April 291935: April 251936: May 31937: April 271938: April 121939: April 271940: April 281941: April 141942: April 181943: April 231944: April 291945: April 91946: April 121947: May 11948: April 221949: April 201950: May 181951: May 11952: April 231953: April 251954: April 231955: April 181956: May 61957: April 241958: April 141959: April 221960: April 231961: April 281962: April 281963: April 151964: April 251965: May 11966: May 51967: April 161968: April 171969: April 211970: April 301971: April 201972: April 301973: April 121974: April 261975: May 51976: April 131977: April 141978: April 271979: May 51980: April 211981: April 91982: April 271983: April 241984: April 191985: April 201986: April 121987: April 111988: April 161989: April 291990: April 241991: April 181992: April 111993: April 191994: April 181995: April 261996: May 61997: April 271998: April 121999: April 142000: April 92001: April 272002: April 182003: April 162004: April 182005: April 132006: April 132007: April 232008: May 72009: April 232010: April 32011: April 282012: March 262013: May 132014: May 32015: April 152016: April 22017: April 72018: April 302019: April 252020: April 262021: April 62022: May 72023: May 52024: April 52025: April 20Usually Apr 222026: April 222026
April 22Usually around
March 26Earliest ever (2012)
May 18Latest ever (1950)
98Years of record (1929–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

98 years on the books, 1929–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026April 22
2025April 20
2024April 5
2023May 5
2022May 7
2021April 6
2020April 26
2019April 25
2018April 30
2017April 7
2016April 2
2015April 15
2014May 3
2013May 13
2012March 26
2011April 28
2010April 3
2009April 23
2008May 7
2007April 23
2006April 13
2005April 13
2004April 18
2003April 16
2002April 18
2001April 27
2000April 9
1999April 14
1998April 12
1997April 27
1996May 6
1995April 26
1994April 18
1993April 19
1992April 11
1991April 18
1990April 24
1989April 29
1988April 16
1987April 11
1986April 12
1985April 20
1984April 19
1983April 24
1982April 27
1981April 9
1980April 21
1979May 5
1978April 27
1977April 14
1976April 13
1975May 5
1974April 26
1973April 12
1972April 30
1971April 20
1970April 30
1969April 21
1968April 17
1967April 16
1966May 5
1965May 1
1964April 25
1963April 15
1962April 28
1961April 28
1960April 23
1959April 22
1958April 14
1957April 24
1956May 6
1955April 18
1954April 23
1953April 25
1952April 23
1951May 1
1950May 18
1949April 20
1948April 22
1947May 1
1946April 12
1945April 9
1944April 29
1943April 23
1942April 18
1941April 14
1940April 28
1939April 27
1938April 12
1937April 27
1936May 3
1935April 25
1934April 29
1933April 23
1932April 21
1931April 15
1930April 15
1929April 19

When Itasca freezes over

Itasca Lake usually freezes over around November 18 — the third week of November. Earliest on record: October 25 (1983–84). Latest: December 9 (2016–17).

November 18Usually freezes around
October 25 Earliest on record (1983–84)
December 9 Latest on record (2016–17)
70 Winters of record (1930–2026)

A freeze-up crosses New Year, so each row is the winter it belongs to: the winter of 2025–26 froze on November 30. Newest first.

WinterIce-in date
2025–26November 30
2024–25December 1
2023–24November 24
2022–23November 23
2021–22December 7
2020–21November 16
2019–20November 12
2018–19November 13
2016–17December 9
2012–13November 23
2008–09November 20
2005–06November 25
2004–05November 29
2003–04November 10
2002–03November 13
2001–02December 2
2000–01November 27
1999–00November 29
1998–99December 7
1997–98November 16
1996–97November 12
1995–96November 11
1994–95November 26
1993–94November 8
1992–93November 14
1991–92November 4
1990–91November 26
1989–90November 17
1988–89November 18
1987–88December 2
1986–87November 13
1985–86November 11
1984–85November 17
1983–84October 25
1982–83November 19
1981–82November 20
1980–81November 15
1979–80November 9
1978–79November 16
1977–78November 18
1976–77November 17
1974–75November 24
1972–73November 14
1959–60November 9
1958–59November 24
1957–58November 22
1956–57November 23
1955–56November 14
1954–55November 30
1953–54November 26
1952–53November 24
1951–52November 6
1950–51November 11
1949–50November 23
1948–49November 23
1947–48November 23
1946–47November 17
1945–46November 10
1943–44November 14
1942–43November 18
1941–42November 23
1940–41November 13
1938–39November 14
1937–38November 18
1936–37November 5
1935–36November 11
1934–35November 23
1933–34November 9
1931–32November 25
1930–31November 19

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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