Ice Out Declared On Lake Minnetonka
MINNETONKA, Minn. (WCCO) - Lake Minnetonka's boating season has arrived!
The Hennepin County Sheriff's Office and the Freshwater Society's board chair declared ice out on the lake at 5:30 p.m. on Friday.
Official Ice Out was called today at 5:30PM! pic.twitter.com/Z23giBy0iH
— Hennepin Sheriff (@HennepinSheriff) April 15, 2022
The median ice out date for the lake is April 13, which means this year's announcement came a few days late. Last year, the ice out was declared on March 31.
The record for the earliest ice out was March 11 in 1878 — while the latest was recorded on May 5 in 2018.
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