Winter Storm: Here we are on April 10th and my piece of Minnesocold is getting blasted with a nasty snow storm. We are supposed to get anywhere from 6-14 inches of Snow. The wind is wicked and we even had a clap of thunder that has turned our smallest dog Lilah into a nervous wreck.
Ice Out Dates: In 2004 the ice was out on Platte Lake Today. The ice went out 4/6/2006 and 4/9/2005 on Platte Lake. Last year the ice didn't go out on Platte until the 19th. My guess is that we won't see ice out this year until at least the 22nd. A lake that closly mirrors Platte is Fish Trap here in Morrison County. The DNR has records for Fish Trap going back 13 years and the average Ice out date is April 15th.
Every year for the past few years I've followed MN ice out dates through the DNR's Minnesota Climatology Working Group's Ice Out Website. It's shocking that as of April 7th not a single one of the monitered lakes is ice free yet.
2007 Here
2006 Here
2005 Here
2004 Here
Averages with Earliest and Latest...
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