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Umbagog Lake Ice-Out Dates

The ice usually goes out of Umbagog Lake around May 1 — the first week of May. Earliest ever: April 10 (1910). Latest: May 23 (1888).

Umbagog Lake ice-out dates, 1880–2008AprMay1880: May 81881: May 151882: May 211883: May 141888: May 231889: April 291890: May 111893: May 211896: May 21899: May 81901: April 291902: April 221903: April 161904: April 231905: April 291906: May 111907: May 111908: May 11909: May 141910: April 101911: May 61912: May 31913: April 301914: May 101915: April 261916: May 41917: May 101918: April 281919: May 11920: May 81921: April 101922: April 271923: May 31924: May 31925: April 261926: May 91927: April 201928: May 91929: May 11930: May 21931: April 211932: April 301933: May 51934: April 261935: May 51936: April 301937: May 91938: April 271939: May 111940: May 101941: April 191942: May 11943: May 111944: May 51945: April 131946: April 261947: May 81948: April 241949: April 221950: May 61951: April 281952: April 271953: April 241954: May 21955: April 241956: May 71957: April 251958: May 21959: April 271960: April 281961: May 101962: May 21963: April 291964: May 21965: May 41966: May 31967: May 21968: April 191969: May 61970: May 101971: May 91972: May 141973: April 271974: May 101975: May 91976: April 221977: April 281978: May 121979: April 271980: April 261981: April 211982: May 71983: May 21984: April 301985: May 11986: April 201987: April 181988: April 241989: May 61990: April 281991: April 281992: May 91993: May 11994: May 51995: April 261996: May 41997: May 31998: April 191999: April 292000: April 222001: May 32002: April 202003: May 12004: April 292005: April 262006: April 192007: May 3Usually May 12008: April 272008
May 1Usually around
April 10Earliest ever (1910)
May 23Latest ever (1888)
118Years of record (1880–2008)

The 2027 season

Tracking resumes when the ice forms.

Every recorded ice-out

118 years on the books, 1880–2008. Newest first.

YearIce-out date
2008April 27
2007May 3
2006April 19
2005April 26
2004April 29
2003May 1
2002April 20
2001May 3
2000April 22
1999April 29
1998April 19
1997May 3
1996May 4
1995April 26
1994May 5
1993May 1
1992May 9
1991April 28
1990April 28
1989May 6
1988April 24
1987April 18
1986April 20
1985May 1
1984April 30
1983May 2
1982May 7
1981April 21
1980April 26
1979April 27
1978May 12
1977April 28
1976April 22
1975May 9
1974May 10
1973April 27
1972May 14
1971May 9
1970May 10
1969May 6
1968April 19
1967May 2
1966May 3
1965May 4
1964May 2
1963April 29
1962May 2
1961May 10
1960April 28
1959April 27
1958May 2
1957April 25
1956May 7
1955April 24
1954May 2
1953April 24
1952April 27
1951April 28
1950May 6
1949April 22
1948April 24
1947May 8
1946April 26
1945April 13
1944May 5
1943May 11
1942May 1
1941April 19
1940May 10
1939May 11
1938April 27
1937May 9
1936April 30
1935May 5
1934April 26
1933May 5
1932April 30
1931April 21
1930May 2
1929May 1
1928May 9
1927April 20
1926May 9
1925April 26
1924May 3
1923May 3
1922April 27
1921April 10
1920May 8
1919May 1
1918April 28
1917May 10
1916May 4
1915April 26
1914May 10
1913April 30
1912May 3
1911May 6
1910April 10
1909May 14
1908May 1
1907May 11
1906May 11
1905April 29
1904April 23
1903April 16
1902April 22
1901April 29
1899May 8
1896May 2
1893May 21
1890May 11
1889April 29
1888May 23
1883May 14
1882May 21
1881May 15
1880May 8

Late ice is unpredictable — no date on this page says the ice is safe.

Records: USGS Open-File Report 2010-1214 (Hodgkins, 2010). Last checked August 2026.

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