I received this wonderful photo from Morag Paton of her husband and kids setting off across Smoke Lake yesterday. Almost April, but looking like February. Hard to believe that last year the ice went out just six days from now!
Smoke Lake crossing
By Jefferson Ridpath on Monday, March 28, 2011 at 10:04 PM
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- 2007 (April 22nd)
- 2006 (April 20th)
- 2005 (April 28th)
- 2004 (April 22nd)
- 2003 (April 23rd)
- 2002 (April 19th)
- 2001 (April 23rd)
- 2000 (April 26th)
- 1999 (April 20th)
Here is a table and graph of all the ice-out dates since 1989 (plus one very old data point for 1953!)
In 2008 this site was converted to a blog format, so historical posts are now available via the archives. Previous sites have been preserved here for posterity...
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(Weather Network or Environment Canada) - Huntsville
(Weather Network or Environment Canada) - Long term (3 month) temperature and precipitation forecasts. (More at Environment Canada.)
- Historical weather data from Environment Canada. (Enter "North Bay" under "Search by Station Name".)
- Here is the data for March and April 2008, for example.