Ice Out Dates
Ice Out Historical Dates
The day the ice “goes out” (completely disappears from the lake) is a momentous one for those who live by the lake in the winter. Ice-out signals that winter is over and spring really is coming. Ice-out day is always the day when the Loons return and the most hardy Crappie fishermen, and people who have bad cases of cabin fever, can be seen out on the water for the first time. It is a day for rejoicing.
These ice-out records have been kept by the Lake Hubert Conservation Association for many years. If you have earlier records or dates for the two missing years, please contact us using the link below. Thanks!
The average Ice Out date from 1963 to 2023 is April 20
3-30-1963
4-27-1964
5-02-1965
4-24-1966
4-15-1967
4-12-1968
4-21-1969
4-28-1970
4-24-1971
4-30-1972
4-11-1973
4-27-1974
5-04-1975
4-13-1976
1977 No Record
4-24-1978
5-05-1979
4-22-1980
1981 No Record
5-02-1983
4-28-1984
4-26-1985
4-15-1986
4-10-1987
4-17-1988
4-25-1989
4-22-1990
4-12-1991
4-11-1992
4-21-1993
4-21-1994
- Record Snowfall (winter 93-94)
4-25-1995
5-03-1996
- Very cold spring - Snow in late April
4-24-1997
4-06-1998
4-13-1999
3-31-2000
4-26-2001
4-18-2002
4-15-2003
– No Snow all winter (frozen septic systems)
4-17-2004
4-14-2005
4-10-2006
4-21-2007
5-04-2008
- Cold spring - three heavy, wet snowfalls in April
4-23-2009
4-02-2010
4-26-2011
- Heavy snow winter, highest lake level in anyone's memory
3-27-2012
- many 70 degree days in March
5-14-2013- LATEST
- highest March temp was 53 degrees, no 70 degree days in April until the 26th of the month
5-02-2014
4-11-2015
- Very little snow all winter (frozen septic systems again)
4-03-2016
- Very strong El Niño during the winter of 2015-2016
4-06-2017
5-04-2018
- Over a foot of snow remaining on the ground at the end of March
4-24-2019
- An "old fashioned" winter. We had a minus 43 degree F actual temperature this winter (first minus 40 in over 30 years) and LOTS of snow.
4-19-2020
- Quite a few days in the 50's and 60's in April.
4-05-2021
- 75 degrees - there was ice in sunset bay in the morning - gone by late afternoon
5-6-2022 - second latest on record!
5-3-2023 - We had record snowfall in Minnesota, including the Brainerd Lakes area, and our lake levels are finally healthy, after 2+ years of drought.
3-15-2024 - EARLIEST, then AGAIN on 4-3/2024!
- We had a very dry winter, with no significant snow accumulation and above freezing temperatures beginning in early February. Then, the ice all melted…but, one for the records, the lake refroze in late March after a 12-inch snowfall, and our second ice-out occurred in early April!