Community Corner
Ice Out on Southwest Minneapolis Lakes?
If Lake Calhoun waits until Monday, its ice will set a new record, according to the Southwest Journal.
The Southwest Journal reported Thursday that according to Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board records (which are best for Lake Calhoun), a new ice-out record is in sight:
Lake Calhoun is flirting with a record this spring. The latest ice out day since the Minneapolis Park Board began collecting data 63 years ago is April 28. That occurred in 1965. ... We’re four days from breaking the 1965 record. Temperatures this weekend are expected in the 70s.
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(Lake Harriet's latest ice-out day is the same as Calhoun's, according to a 2002 MPRB report.)
Michael Hancher's daily log at Lake Harriet took note of other things Wednesday:
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Scillas and a few other plants just pushing through the leaf litter along the creek. Ragged grays in the sky and on the lake. Mallards along the southern shore; goose on the small island, another goose standing in the shallow water nearby. Solitary pied-bill grebe paddling and diving between the western shore and the thinning ice.
Meanwhile, guessing ice-out has reached fever pitch at Lake Minnetonka, where the official date is such a big deal it has been known to play a role in national politics (See Rachel Maddow transcript or MSNBC video clip at 1:50 mark).
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