2010 Ice Out By Easter Update #1

Yes folks it's that time of the year here in the North country. We are now counting the days until ice starts leaving the lakes in Minnesota. And that means of coarse that my blog will be following the Minnesota Climatology Minnesota's Lake Ice-Out Status webpage. The actual URL is http://climate.umn.edu/doc/ice_out/ice_out_status_10.htm and if you change the number 10 at the end of the URL to a different number back through 99, you can see the ice out dates from 1999; Put 00 and you get 2000 and so on...

Something new they have added this year is a Ice out status - spring 2010 MN state map.

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At the map webpage you can hover over the lakes and get info: This addition is pretty cool.

I suspect the 1st lakes are going to be opening up late this week or early next week due to the fact the weather has been mild and will continue to be mild this week.

The closest lake to me is of coarse Sullivan in the "Central" column followed by Mille Lacs in the "East Central" column back on the full lake listing page. As for me I keep track of many area lakes: Platte, Sullivan, Rock, Bulldog, Long with maybe Erskine and Shakopee. Easter is on April 4th this year and so I doubt the ice will be out around here quite that early. I am thinking the 10th of April is a little more realistic, but one can always hope. Global Warming: Bring It!!!