Minnesota · Scott County
Lower Prior Lake Ice-Out Dates
The ice usually goes out of Lower Prior Lake around April 4 — the first week of April. Earliest ever: March 3 (2024). Latest: May 2 (2018).
The 2027 season
Tracking resumes when the ice forms.
Every recorded ice-out
17 years on the books, 1963–2025. Newest first.
| Year | Ice-out date |
|---|---|
| 2025 | March 25 |
| 2024 | March 3 |
| 2019 | April 9 |
| 2018 | May 2 |
| 2017 | March 20 |
| 2015 | April 1 |
| 2013 | April 29 |
| 2012 | March 17 |
| 2011 | April 11 |
| 2007 | March 28 |
| 2004 | April 3 |
| 2003 | April 2 |
| 2002 | April 13 |
| 1991 | April 6 |
| 1989 | April 15 |
| 1964 | April 11 |
| 1963 | April 4 |
When Lower Prior freezes over
Lower Prior Lake usually freezes over around November 29 — the fourth week of November. Earliest on record: November 14 (1976–77). Latest: December 21 (2001–02).
A freeze-up crosses New Year, so each row is the winter it belongs to: the winter of 2025–26 froze on December 4. Newest first.
| Winter | Ice-in date |
|---|---|
| 2025–26 | December 4 |
| 2014–15 | November 26 |
| 2013–14 | November 27 |
| 2012–13 | December 11 |
| 2011–12 | December 16 |
| 2010–11 | December 2 |
| 2009–10 | December 10 |
| 2008–09 | November 25 |
| 2007–08 | December 1 |
| 2002–03 | November 26 |
| 2001–02 | December 21 |
| 1988–89 | November 29 |
| 1987–88 | November 17 |
| 1986–87 | November 15 |
| 1985–86 | November 21 |
| 1984–85 | November 23 |
| 1983–84 | December 14 |
| 1982–83 | November 17 |
| 1981–82 | December 5 |
| 1980–81 | December 3 |
| 1979–80 | December 1 |
| 1978–79 | November 21 |
| 1977–78 | November 22 |
| 1976–77 | November 14 |
| 1975–76 | November 30 |
| 1974–75 | December 2 |
| 1973–74 | December 6 |
| 1972–73 | November 27 |
| 1971–72 | November 30 |
| 1970–71 | November 24 |
| 1969–70 | November 20 |
| 1968–69 | December 6 |
| 1967–68 | November 28 |
| 1966–67 | December 1 |
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.