May 1 lake depth 15 1/2"
May 19 15 7/8"

Avg temp in that time period 9.3c
Avg solar radiation 311 w/m2
Rainfall 38.3mm
Avg lake temp 13.7c

I think you should have left the snow gauge up.

The snow gauge is now a water depth gauge. It is meant to measure the changes in lake depth over the season. We are starting out at 15.5". It will be updated periodically.

Apparently, we can learn from Daves' methodology for next year...
"Ice off April 23. Same as 2004 and the birthdate of two older full timers at the time."

Ice out May 2nd, 2007.
Ice in Nov 21st 2007 - Ice Out May 17th 2008
Ice in Nov 29th 2008 - Ice Out May 5th 2009
Ice in Nov 28th 2009 - Ice Out April 20th 2010
Ice in Nov 23rd 2010 - Ice Out May 11th 2011
Initial Ice in Nov 19th, partially blown out Nov 22nd
Ice reset in main lake Nov 23rd 2011- Ice out May 2nd 2012.
Ice In Dec 7th 2012 – Ice Out April 28th, 2013
Ice in Nov 21, 2013 – Ice Out May 6, 2014
Ice In Nov 30, 2014, Pineapple express opens up main part of lake Dec 8, 2014 – Ice Out April 13, 2015
Ice in Nov 26, 2015 – Ice Out April 16, 2016
Ice on Dec 6 2016 Ice off May 1 2017
Ice in Dec 4, 2017 – Ice Out May 5, 2018
Ice In Dec 4, 2018 – Ice Out April 27, 2019
Ice in Nov 25, 2019 - Ice Out May 10, 2020
Ice in Dec 10, 2020 – Ice Out May 3, 2021
Ice in Dec 4, 2021 – Ice Out May 9, 2022
Ice in Nov 29, 2022 - Ice Out May 7, 2023
Ice in Dec 24, 2023 - Ice Out April 21, 2024
Ice in Nov 26, 2024 - Ice Out April 18, 2025
Ice in Dec 19, 2025 - Ice Out April 22,2026

It's happening. The geese have landed.

Water temperature about 3' down rising. The ice will be melting from below.

Thanks for letting us see the conditions at the lake!!! Also a big shoutout to Steve for the snow gauge !!!

I'd imagine the geese I've heard flying around the past couple weeks honking are hoping for an early ice off.

Ice out April 12