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Wisconsin State Climatology Office

Updated: When Will Our Lakes Freeze? Time for Annual CFL “Ice On” Pool

Posted on November 26, 2018

Note, post was originally published 11/28/16 and has been updated to include current conditions.  After a rather balmy Thanksgiving, where nighttime lows still hovered above freezing, our forecast calls for highs in the 30s (Fahrenheit) and …

Posted in Global Change & Long-Term EcologyTagged ice trends, John Magnuson, Lake Mendota freeze, polar vortex, Wisconsin State Climatology Office

Lake Mendota’s Spring Thaw Ties for 2nd Earliest on Record

Posted on March 8, 2017

Yesterday morning I brought breakfast to my daughters at our dining room table, glanced out the window and did a double take. The waters of Lake Monona were a churning mass of brownish bluish green. …

Posted in CFL In The News, Global Change & Long-Term Ecology, Hasler LabTagged climate change, lake ice, Lake Mendota, warming, Wisconsin State Climatology Office

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