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Lake Vermilion Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Lake Vermilion around April 30 — the fourth week of April. Earliest ever: March 28 (2012). Latest: May 23 (1950).

Lake Vermilion ice-out dates, 1893–2026MarAprMay1893: May 201906: April 231910: April 111914: May 31915: April 221923: May 61924: May 11925: April 241926: May 11927: May 71928: May 101929: April 251930: April 211931: April 181932: April 301933: May 61934: May 61935: May 11936: May 101937: May 61938: April 191939: April 141940: April 191941: April 181942: April 241943: April 301944: May 71945: April 101946: April 201947: May 121948: April 291949: April 261950: May 231951: May 51952: April 291953: April 301954: April 301955: April 221956: May 101957: May 11958: April 191959: May 11960: May 31961: May 51962: May 51963: April 281964: May 31965: May 41966: May 151967: April 201968: May 21969: April 251970: May 31971: May 21972: May 111973: April 201974: May 51975: May 71976: April 171977: April 261978: May 61979: May 131980: April 251981: April 221982: May 41983: May 11984: April 241985: April 261986: April 181987: April 141988: April 281989: May 41990: April 251991: April 241992: May 41993: April 271994: April 231995: April 291996: May 141997: April 281998: April 131999: April 272000: April 212001: May 22002: April 202003: April 302004: April 122005: April 182006: April 182007: April 252008: May 122009: April 302010: April 62011: May 12012: March 282013: May 172014: May 132015: April 182016: April 252017: April 152018: May 82019: April 302020: May 12021: April 152022: May 112023: May 102024: April 132025: May 5Usually Apr 302026: April 282026
April 30Usually around
March 28Earliest ever (2012)
May 23Latest ever (1950)
109Years of record (1893–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

109 years on the books, 1893–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026April 28
2025May 5
2024April 13
2023May 10
2022May 11
2021April 15
2020May 1
2019April 30
2018May 8
2017April 15
2016April 25
2015April 18
2014May 13
2013May 17
2012March 28
2011May 1
2010April 6
2009April 30
2008May 12
2007April 25
2006April 18
2005April 18
2004April 12
2003April 30
2002April 20
2001May 2
2000April 21
1999April 27
1998April 13
1997April 28
1996May 14
1995April 29
1994April 23
1993April 27
1992May 4
1991April 24
1990April 25
1989May 4
1988April 28
1987April 14
1986April 18
1985April 26
1984April 24
1983May 1
1982May 4
1981April 22
1980April 25
1979May 13
1978May 6
1977April 26
1976April 17
1975May 7
1974May 5
1973April 20
1972May 11
1971May 2
1970May 3
1969April 25
1968May 2
1967April 20
1966May 15
1965May 4
1964May 3
1963April 28
1962May 5
1961May 5
1960May 3
1959May 1
1958April 19
1957May 1
1956May 10
1955April 22
1954April 30
1953April 30
1952April 29
1951May 5
1950May 23
1949April 26
1948April 29
1947May 12
1946April 20
1945April 10
1944May 7
1943April 30
1942April 24
1941April 18
1940April 19
1939April 14
1938April 19
1937May 6
1936May 10
1935May 1
1934May 6
1933May 6
1932April 30
1931April 18
1930April 21
1929April 25
1928May 10
1927May 7
1926May 1
1925April 24
1924May 1
1923May 6
1915April 22
1914May 3
1910April 11
1906April 23
1893May 20

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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