The Ice Is Late, But It's Here — Just In Time For The US Pond Hockey Championships

By Adam Duxter, CBS Minnesota

January 18, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — The Twin Cities winter of broken records is adding another tally to what has already been a staggering season, as metro lakes clock their latest ice in dates in generations.

Lake Minnetonka, White Bear Lake, Lake Harriet and other metro lakes reached "ice in" status this past weekend – delayed by what was the warmest December on record in the Twin Cities.

"We didn't see anything like that December in the Twin Cities, going back to when records began," said DNR Climatologist Pete Boulay. "It just shows that in Minnesota, we're going to kind of have a land of extremes."

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