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 |
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