LBL Freeze/Thaw Dates




    Winter    
    Freeze Date    
    Thaw Date    
    Days Frozen    
  1992/1993  
11/18/92
04/21/93
154
  1993/1994  
12/01/93
04/18/94
139
  1994/1995  
 
 
 
  1995/1996  
 
05/07/96
 
  1996/1997  
 
 
 
  1997/1998  
    11/16/97EF
04/12/98
137
  1998/1999  
 
 
 
  1999/2000  
12/06/99
04/01/00
      116LDF
  2000/2001  
11/24/00
04/27/01
154
  2001/2002  
 
 
 
  2002/2003  
 
04/22/03
 
  2003/2004  
 
04/20/04
 
  2004/2005  
12/02/04
04/14/05
133
  2005/2006  
11/26/05
04/13/06
138
  2006/2007  
11/19/06
04/22/07
154
  2007/2008  
11/30/07
05/03/08
155
  2008/2009  
11/25/08
04/25/09
151
  2009/2010  
12/05/09
04/02/10
117
  2010/2011  
12/02/10
04/24/11
142
  2011/2012  
11/30/11
    03/27/12ET
118
  2012/2013  
12/05/12
    05/14/13LT
160
  2013/2014  
11/24/13
05/06/14
      163MDF
  2014/2015  
11/21/14
04/13/15
143
  2015/2016  
    12/19/15LF
04/17/16
120
  2016/2017  
12/10/16
04/09/17
120
  2017/2018  
  11/25/17*
05/05/18
158
  2018/2019  
 
 
 
  2019/2020  
 
04/22/20
 
  2020/2021  
11/30/20
04/07/21
128
  Winter  
  Freeze Date  
  Thaw Date  
  Days Frozen  


EF   Earliest freeze
LF   Latest freeze
ET   Earliest thaw
LT   Latest thaw
LDF   Least days frozen
MDF   Most days frozen
                *   The Lake opened up again on 11/29/17 and reclosed on 12/2/17.

Median freeze date:     November 30th
Median thaw date:       April 20th
Average time frozen:   140 Days

Notes:
The freeze date occurs when the entire lake is frozen (ie, no open water anywhere on the lake).
The thaw date occurs when the ice is completely gone (ie, no ice floating anywhere on the lake).