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2008 ICE OUT As of May 1st the ice was substantially out of Big and Little Detroit Lake. Some wind-blown ice debris remained piled up along the South and West shores, but there was no solid ice left on the morning of May 2nd.
The last time there was a May ice-out was after the record-cold winter of 1996. The ice has left the lakes in May only three times in the last thirty years, and 14 in 116 years of record. The latest ice-out date was May 17, in 1950.
The average ice-out date is April 20. It is interesting that the duration of the 2007-2008 ice season is only slightly longer than average, because last year’s freeze-up date (November 27) was a bit late.
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