Temperatures here yesterday hit 55 degrees. It was still 48 at bedtime. Today it's 42 and raining all day.
Can these unseasonably warmer temperatures give us an early ice-out date in 2021? Maybe so!
This weather makes me think that maybe it's time to kick off this year's annual ice-out guessing contest.
Our biggest (and only) competition of the year: what date will Carlin Lake be totally ice-free for spring 2021?
If you want to win this year's bragging rights, as well as a chance for a batch of homemade oatmeal cookies, please email me your date choice to: [email protected].
First come, first served! If someone else has chosen your date, I will move you to the closest day before or after.
Here's my only hint: In the dozen years I have been keeping this blog, the earliest dates were March 20th in 2012 and March 25th in 2010. The latest dates were May 10th in 2013 and May 9th in 2014.
The more people who participate, the sooner summer will come! (Maybe!)