These are the recorded dates when Lake Sagatagan on the Saint John’s Abbey & University Campus was judged to have been frozen over for the winter or freed of ice in the spring.
Frozen:
Earliest Date: November 4, 1991 [the year of the Halloween blizzard] Latest Date: December 19, 1998 and 2015 [tie] Average Date: November 28
Thawed:
Earliest Date: March 3, 2024 Latest Date: May 7, 2013 Average Date: April 9
YEAR OPENED/Thawed CLOSED/Froze 1894 April 15 November 19 1895 April 5 November 23 1896 April 19 November 14 1897 April 17 November 20 1898 April 22 November 22 1899 April 25 December 6 1900 April 19 November 15 1901 March 27 November 15 1902 March 25 November 29 1903 April 14 November 18 1904 April 30 November 30
Data for 1905-1980 was not reliably recorded
YEAR OPENED/Thawed CLOSED/Froze 1981 March 25 December 5 1982 April 22 November 13 1983 April 11 November 26 1984 April 11 November 20 1985 April 12 November 21 1986 April 9 November 13 1987 March 20 December 2 1988 April 7 November 18 1989 April 19 November 20 1990 April 7 November 29 1991 April 5 November 4 earliest 1992 April 3 November 15 1993 April 17 November 25 1994 April 13 November 29 1995 April 12 November 12 1996 April 23 November 13 1997 April 18 November 16 1998 April 5 December 19 latest[tie] 1999 April 3 December 6 2000 March 15 November 21 2001 April 21 December 17 2002 April 15 November 26 2003 April 9 November 24 2004 April 5 December 13 2005 April 8 November 30 2006 April 7 December 1 2007 April 5 December 30 2008 April 23 November 21 2009 April 15 December 5 2010 March 30 December 5 2011 April 13 December 6 2012 March 19 December 10 2012 March 19 December 10 2013 May 7 latest November 24 2014 Apil 24 November 15 2015 April 4 December 19 latest [tie] 2016 March 16 December 9 2017 March 24 December 7 2018 May 3 November 13 2019 April 19 December 2 2020 April 8 November 30 2021 March 29 December 8 2022 April 21 November 23 2023 April 26 November 28 2024 March 3 earliest November 30 longest open water, 272 days
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