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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