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Shields Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Shields Lake around April 4 — the first week of April. Earliest ever: March 1 (2024). Latest: April 30 (2018).

Shields Lake ice-out dates, 1894–2026FebMarAprMay1894: March 201895: March 311898: March 201899: April 181900: April 81901: April 61902: March 151903: April 31904: March 301906: April 41907: March 271910: April 61914: April 111915: April 81916: April 121917: April 171918: March 311919: March 261920: March 281921: March 181922: April 31923: April 151924: April 131925: 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 181969: April 141970: April 151971: April 111972: April 171973: March 281974: April 121975: April 261976: March 281977: March 281978: April 81979: April 201980: April 71981: March 171982: April 141983: April 91984: April 141985: April 151986: April 21987: March 231988: April 11989: April 141990: March 231991: April 41992: April 61993: April 191994: April 31995: March 211996: April 171997: April 51998: March 311999: March 282000: March 92001: April 152002: April 52003: March 282004: April 22005: April 62006: April 52007: March 262008: April 182009: March 252011: April 102012: March 152013: April 272014: April 142016: March 152017: March 232018: April 302019: April 82020: March 282021: March 252022: April 102023: April 122024: March 12025: March 18Usually Apr 42026: March 262026
April 4Usually around
March 1Earliest ever (2024)
April 30Latest ever (2018)
123Years of record (1894–2026)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

123 years on the books, 1894–2026. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2026March 26
2025March 18
2024March 1
2023April 12
2022April 10
2021March 25
2020March 28
2019April 8
2018April 30
2017March 23
2016March 15
2014April 14
2013April 27
2012March 15
2011April 10
2009March 25
2008April 18
2007March 26
2006April 5
2005April 6
2004April 2
2003March 28
2002April 5
2001April 15
2000March 9
1999March 28
1998March 31
1997April 5
1996April 17
1995March 21
1994April 3
1993April 19
1992April 6
1991April 4
1990March 23
1989April 14
1988April 1
1987March 23
1986April 2
1985April 15
1984April 14
1983April 9
1982April 14
1981March 17
1980April 7
1979April 20
1978April 8
1977March 28
1976March 28
1975April 26
1974April 12
1973March 28
1972April 17
1971April 11
1970April 15
1969April 14
1968March 18
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 13
1923April 15
1922April 3
1921March 18
1920March 28
1919March 26
1918March 31
1917April 17
1916April 12
1915April 8
1914April 11
1910April 6
1907March 27
1906April 4
1904March 30
1903April 3
1902March 15
1901April 6
1900April 8
1899April 18
1898March 20
1895March 31
1894March 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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