Ice Out Contest for 2023 is Open!

Want to predict the day and time the ice on the lake goes out? Now is your chance. The Ice Out Contest will be in last year’s format. The exact time and date of guesses won’t be published but just the “ranges” of the guesses. The contest will close on March 5th.

The predictions will be recorded in two ways, one with the exact time and date and the other will be a general time frame.  The exact times of guesses will not be published until the end of the contest period. The general time frames, that will be posted on the website, will be Early March, Mid March, Late March, Early April, Mid April and Late April. (The ice better be out by May!) Posting only the general time frames for the guesses means that people can just guess the date and time that they want and not worry about “stepping on other people’s toes” by guessing too close to someone else’s date and time. The existing submissions will be updated regularly.

The contest is now open. All submissions will be made by email. *Limit one guess per person. Send your guess as an email to:  info@wentworthwatershed.org

Please also include “Ice Out Guess” in the subject line. Make sure that you include the date and time of day and whether it is AM or PM.

Dates of previous Ice Outs are given below. Deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 5th at 11:59 PM. If you win, you get bragging rights and even a small prize.

Ice out is declared when “all the shores are free of ice” so that people could launch boats if they desired. This means that there are no “icebergs” floating around that would be dangerous for navigation. The winner is closest to the “judged” time. A committee (that varies) makes the decision. All committee members are certified by the International Commission for Exactness (ICE).

Current Guesses for 2023

Early March Kathy Shea 3/10/2023 4:00pm
Mid March John Buttrick 3/15/2023 9:00am
Eric Ouhrabka 3/17/2023 1:00pm
Piper Ouhrabka 3/20/2023 1:00pm
Late March Nancy Gilbert 3/22/2023 4:22pm
Bill Durfee 3/23/2023 11:00am
Sara Buttrick 3/24/2023 3:00pm
Daniel Weidner 3/28/2023 2:15pm
Mary Ellen Galanis 3/29/2023 9:00am
Katie Ellis 3/29/2023 3:00pm
Jim Keegan 3/30/2023 11:27am
Karen Ouhrabka 3/30/2023 11:59pm
Brian Ouhrabka 3/31/2023 2:00pm
Early April Jack Ouhrabka 4/1/2023 1:00pm
Becky Arnold 4/1/2023 1:15pm
Scott Ragusa 4/1/2023 3:00pm
Sage Hayes 4/2/2023 9:00am
Brooke Arnold 4/2/2023 11:14am
Tom Ouhrabka 4/2/2023 2:00pm
Hugh Crawford 4/3/2023 3:36pm
Peter Goodwin 4/4/2023 10:30am
Jillian Heimiller 4/4/2023 11:53am
Susan Ouhrabka 4/5/2023 2:00pm
Hunt Goodwin 4/6/2023 9:30am
Ethan Arnold 4/6/2023 10:34am
Joe Irwin 4/6/2023 11:00am
Steve Arnold 4/8/2023 8:15am
Timothy Robson 4/9/2023 Noon
Mid April Shane Arnold 4/11/2023 1:04pm
Lisa Arnold 4/13/2023 12:30pm
Susan Goodwin 4/13/2023 4:15pm
E. James Smith 4/14/2023 6:33am
Bruce Gifford 4/14/2023 3:00pm
Gayle Craven 4/16/2023 2:00pm
Jean Irwin 4/16/2023 3:00pm
Late April

Previous Ice Out Dates
1972 May 2      1973   April 26     1974  April 14    1975 April 24    1976  April 8    1977  April 18

1978  April 28   1979  April 23    1980  April 10    1981  March 31  1982  April 24   1983  April 4

1984  April 16   1985  March 31   1986  April 5    1987  April 12    1988  April 17    1989  April 17

1990  April 10   1991  April 6     1992  April 9     1993  April 20     1994  April 22     1995  April 1

1996  April 12    1997  April 20   1998  April 7    1999 April 8       2000   April 5     2001   April 28

2002   April 4    2003  April 24    2004   April 17   2005   Apr 17   5:30 PM    2006   Apr. 1  12:00 PM

2007   Apr. 23    6:00 AM    2008   Apr. 23    8:00 AM    2009   Apr. 12    6:00 AM    2010  Mar. 23     3:00 PM

2011 Apr. 20       2:30 PM    2012   March 22 12:00 PM    2013 Apr. 14   3:15 PM   2014 Apr. 19    3:00 PM

2015 Apr. 20     7:45 PM   2016 March 18    9:00 AM  2017 Apr. 16      7:00 PM    2018 April 24   8:15 AM

2019   Apr. 20   7:45 PM     2020   Apr. 3  10:30 AM     2021  Apr. 1  7:00 AM     2022 April 4 5:45pm

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