Warm Weather Delaying Outdoor Ice Rink Openings Across Twin Cities

By Kirsten Mitchell, CBS Minnesota

December 18, 2023

MINNEAPOLIS — The month of December has been vastly different from December 2022. Then, temperatures were trending below average. So far this December, temperatures are about nine degrees warmer than normal.

"It's wild, I mean there's no ice out there whatsoever," Minneapolis resident Nate Aul said.

While lake ice is hard to find, one of the few places there's an outdoor ice rink is in Nate Aul's yard. But even their homemade rink is struggling to stay frozen.

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