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Published December 10, 2009, 08:10 AM

Detroit Lakes officially iced over

Detroit Lakes was completely covered with ice on Saturday, the fifth-latest date for the lake’s “ice-on” date on record. The latest ice-on date came in 1999, when Dec. 16 was the ice-on day. Other late ice-on dates include Dec. 13, 2004; Dec. 13, 1939; Dec. 7, 1998; Dec, 7, 2001, Dec. 6, 1968, Dec. 6, 1962; and Dec. 5, 1981. Official ice-on record keeping started in 1909. Ice-on dates have been observed in December 12 times since then, with five of those coming since 1998.

By: Forum Communications Co. , The Jamestown Sun

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. — Detroit Lakes was completely covered with ice on Saturday, the fifth-latest date for the lake’s “ice-on” date on record.

The latest ice-on date came in 1999, when Dec. 16 was the ice-on day. Other late ice-on dates include Dec. 13, 2004; Dec. 13, 1939; Dec. 7, 1998; Dec, 7, 2001, Dec. 6, 1968, Dec. 6, 1962; and Dec. 5, 1981.

Official ice-on record keeping started in 1909. Ice-on dates have been observed in December 12 times since then, with five of those coming since 1998.

The average ice-on date for the past 12 years is Dec. 1. The average ice-on date from 1986-1997 was Nov. 18.

The 1960s also experienced late ice-on dates, with four in December, but the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s had significantly earlier dates, with an average of Nov. 21.

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