Lake Auburn sets records for earliest ice-out, least amount of days with ice cover

SUN JOURNAL • March 22, 2024

Lake Auburn set two ominous records last week, marking the earliest ice-out and least amount of days with ice cover since record-keeping began. The records fell in a year in which most of Maine’s lakes and ponds saw very short periods of ice cover due to a mild winter, but that has local water quality experts on guard as spring and summer arrive.