Water Temperature

Rattlesnake Gal · 02-24-2010, 10:02 AM

The water temperature is up to 37° today. It didn't hit 37° last year until the end of March. 2008 it didn't hit that until the middle of April. I hope this means early ice-out! I can't wait to get back to the lake.

Be careful out there!

hancoveguy · 02-24-2010, 10:29 AM

Amen to that... cummon spring!

Resident 2B · 02-24-2010, 11:21 AM

Looking at the recent weather history out of Concord, the closest weather station that reports such data, we have been above normal everyday since Feb 7th. That is 17 days in a row now. Looking at what the temperatures have averaged in this 17 day period, it has been more like what the temperatures should be in early to mid-March.

Looking at the forecast, this above average run looks to be continuing for the foreseeable future. There will be a windy period Friday and the effects from the wind on the open edges will be key to how quickly the lake opens up this spring.

The water is warm, the air is warm and the winds are coming. All point to a real early ice out, in my opinion. Even if we get a March cold spell, the March sun is strong and the winds are usually up, so if the edges start to open up, the sun and the winds will do their job eating up the ice.

It would be nice to have an early spring!

R2B

DEJ · 02-24-2010, 12:43 PM

Yes please be very careful out on the ice. It seems to me there have been more vehicles than usual go through the ice on all the lakes this season.

codeman671 · 02-24-2010, 02:07 PM

Looking back at the last few years, we have not had 37 degrees even close to this early. In 2006 when we had an early April ice-out the temp still did not hit 37 until mid march.

It is too early to be excited but it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Merrymeeting · 02-24-2010, 02:58 PM

With above freezing temps during the days, not much below at night, a too-late insulating blanket of snow that will now keep the "heat" in the lake eating away at the ice from underneath, I hope all will start retreating from the ice pronto.

I have to believe it will become increasingly unsafe over the next few weeks, and with all the dustings of snow in the forecast, it will be impossible to tell.

Stay safe everyone.

Rattlesnake Gal · 02-25-2010, 11:33 AM

37° in relation to Ice-Out

Water hit 37° on February 20, 2010 - Ice-out ?

Water hit 37° on March 28, 2009 - Ice-Out April 12 (16 days)
(I counted the day the temp reached 37° and the ice-out day.)

Water hit 37° on April 14, 2008 - Ice-Out April 23 (10 days)

Water hit 37° on March 28, 2007 - Ice-Out April 23 (27 days)

Water hit 37° on March 28, 2006 - Ice-Out April 3 (7 days)

Water hit 37° on April 2, 2005 - Ice-Out April 20 (19 days)

Water hit 37° on March 27, 2004 - Ice-Out April 20 (25 days)

Water hit 37° on April 13, 2003 - Ice-Out April 25 (13 days)

Water hit 37° on March 7, 2002 (Sporadic temperature coverage.) - Ice-Out April 5 (30 days)

Water hit 37° on April 20, 2001 (Sporadic temperature coverage.) - Ice-Out May 2 (13 days)

No water temperatures for 2000 on backwards.

Could we be looking at an unusual Ice-Out date in March??? I hope!

There have only been two so far: March 28, 1921 & March 30, 1946

Rattlesnake Gal · 02-25-2010, 11:38 AM

The ice in Moultonborough Bay looks like it is changing fast! Will that bob house make it off the ice in time???
Alton Bay is looking very slushy.

LakeSnake · 02-25-2010, 11:57 AM

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robmac · 02-25-2010, 12:18 PM

I agree with RG, if not late March ice out I don't think right now it'll last past the first few days of April. Need to get the boat ready,if only the rain would stop.

DailyWolfeboro · 02-26-2010, 11:55 AM

Took this photo when I was out on Wolfeboro Bay in a Zodiac this morning with one of my friends.

Rattlesnake Gal · 03-05-2010, 05:50 PM

I wonder what the water temperatures are? They haven't been posted for a few days now.

The ice in Meredith Bay is looking very thin!!!

webmaster · 03-05-2010, 06:17 PM

Still 37° RG.

If I miss a temp. posting you can get the current water temp. from CanisLupusArctos's weather page, although today his reading is higher than at the dam.

pontoonbarge · 03-05-2010, 08:17 PM

I also keep the data phone number in my cell phone, so any time I'm wondering.... (which is almost all the time) I can call...

603-527-0071

They usually update it around 7am.

I'm psyched about the ice melting! Bring on the Sun!

(As an aside, the Black Cat website is really great!)

hancoveguy · 03-06-2010, 08:38 AM

March 6 and the water temp is 38 degrees.... wahooo

Jonas Pilot · 03-06-2010, 09:32 AM

There's a lot of open water in Wolfeboro Bay 3-6-10.

Rattlesnake Gal · 03-06-2010, 10:06 AM

Thank you Don for the reminder of CLA's web page. I completely forgot about his temps.

38°! Not much longer now!!!

Thanks for the great pictures JP. Wolfeboro Bay is looking great

WinnDixie · 03-06-2010, 11:48 AM

and who knew??? My Ice-Out guess of April 12th will be way too late! I would have been especially happy about that back when I lived up there...and I didn't even have a boat!

jetskier · 03-06-2010, 02:24 PM

Hi all,

I climbed up to the cell phone tower this morning next to Gunstock (weekly exercise) and there are areas of open water in the middle of the lake. In addition, it is over 50 degrees today. On the mountain, some of the trees are already budding. So, it is going to happen quite soon.

Jetskier

fatlazyless · 03-13-2010, 11:14 AM

According to the chart in this website, a water temperature of 39 was reached yesterday.....which is more than one month ahead of last year......well.....good golly!

Have to wonder if springtime will be warm & dry up to May 15, and then as in the last three years, depress down into a wet & cool pattern from May 15 to August 15.......ugh?

corollaman · 03-14-2010, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

According to the chart in this website, a water temperature of 39 was reached yesterday.....which is more than one month ahead of last year......well.....good golly!

Have to wonder if springtime will be warm & dry up to May 15, and then as in the last three years, depress down into a wet & cool pattern from May 15 to August 15.......ugh?

Nope. The Farmer's Almanac says a cool but dry summer. They've been accurate so far this year. They predicted a lot of snow for the mid-atlantic this year, and well, it happened.

SIKSUKR · 03-15-2010, 09:15 AM

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Have to wonder if springtime will be warm & dry up to May 15, and then as in the last three years, depress down into a wet & cool pattern from May 15 to August 15.......ugh?

I would guess that we will have a cooler than normal spring, Mid April through May with April snows in the mts.

Lakesrider · 03-18-2010, 09:02 AM

The ice has turned that very gray color. Definitely won't be long.....

Now will the Black fly season be early as well?

Chubbs · 03-18-2010, 01:29 PM

You can definatly count on those pesky black flies to be ahead of schedule. Get those wet leaves raked up before they hatch. If you don't they will sworm all over you. They can really ruin a nice day at the lake.

02-24-2010, 10:02 AM	#1
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Water Temperature The water temperature is up to 37° today. It didn't hit 37° last year until the end of March. 2008 it didn't hit that until the middle of April. I hope this means early ice-out! I can't wait to get back to the lake. Be careful out there!

02-25-2010, 11:33 AM	#7
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Water Tempertature & Ice-Out Dates 37° in relation to Ice-Out Water hit 37° on February 20, 2010 - Ice-out ? Water hit 37° on March 28, 2009 - Ice-Out April 12 (16 days) (I counted the day the temp reached 37° and the ice-out day.) Water hit 37° on April 14, 2008 - Ice-Out April 23 (10 days) Water hit 37° on March 28, 2007 - Ice-Out April 23 (27 days) Water hit 37° on March 28, 2006 - Ice-Out April 3 (7 days) Water hit 37° on April 2, 2005 - Ice-Out April 20 (19 days) Water hit 37° on March 27, 2004 - Ice-Out April 20 (25 days) Water hit 37° on April 13, 2003 - Ice-Out April 25 (13 days) Water hit 37° on March 7, 2002 (Sporadic temperature coverage.) - Ice-Out April 5 (30 days) Water hit 37° on April 20, 2001 (Sporadic temperature coverage.) - Ice-Out May 2 (13 days) No water temperatures for 2000 on backwards. Could we be looking at an unusual Ice-Out date in March??? I hope! There have only been two so far: March 28, 1921 & March 30, 1946

02-25-2010, 11:38 AM	#8
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Moultonborough Bay Ice The ice in Moultonborough Bay looks like it is changing fast! Will that bob house make it off the ice in time??? Alton Bay is looking very slushy. Attached Images Last edited by Rattlesnake Gal; 02-25-2010 at 11:41 AM. Reason: add another picture

02-25-2010, 11:57 AM	#9
LakeSnake Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Pine (Alton) Mountain Posts: 138 Thanks: 39 Thanked 33 Times in 20 Posts	01234567890 Last edited by LakeSnake; 06-15-2010 at 12:20 PM.

03-05-2010, 05:50 PM	#12
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Water Temps I wonder what the water temperatures are? They haven't been posted for a few days now. The ice in Meredith Bay is looking very thin!!! Attached Images

02-24-2010, 10:29 AM	#2
hancoveguy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 276 Thanks: 95 Thanked 65 Times in 30 Posts	Amen to that... cummon spring!

02-24-2010, 11:21 AM	#3
Resident 2B Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Shore, MA Posts: 1,357 Thanks: 994 Thanked 313 Times in 163 Posts	Looking at the recent weather history out of Concord, the closest weather station that reports such data, we have been above normal everyday since Feb 7th. That is 17 days in a row now. Looking at what the temperatures have averaged in this 17 day period, it has been more like what the temperatures should be in early to mid-March. Looking at the forecast, this above average run looks to be continuing for the foreseeable future. There will be a windy period Friday and the effects from the wind on the open edges will be key to how quickly the lake opens up this spring. The water is warm, the air is warm and the winds are coming. All point to a real early ice out, in my opinion. Even if we get a March cold spell, the March sun is strong and the winds are usually up, so if the edges start to open up, the sun and the winds will do their job eating up the ice. It would be nice to have an early spring! R2B

02-24-2010, 12:43 PM	#4
DEJ Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 553 Thanks: 526 Thanked 314 Times in 155 Posts	Yes please be very careful out on the ice. It seems to me there have been more vehicles than usual go through the ice on all the lakes this season.

02-24-2010, 02:07 PM	#5
codeman671 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 3,486 Thanks: 221 Thanked 810 Times in 486 Posts	Looking back at the last few years, we have not had 37 degrees even close to this early. In 2006 when we had an early April ice-out the temp still did not hit 37 until mid march. It is too early to be excited but it will be interesting to see how this plays out.

02-24-2010, 02:58 PM	#6
Merrymeeting Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Merrymeeting Lake, New Durham Posts: 2,226 Thanks: 302 Thanked 800 Times in 368 Posts	With above freezing temps during the days, not much below at night, a too-late insulating blanket of snow that will now keep the "heat" in the lake eating away at the ice from underneath, I hope all will start retreating from the ice pronto. I have to believe it will become increasingly unsafe over the next few weeks, and with all the dustings of snow in the forecast, it will be impossible to tell. Stay safe everyone.

02-25-2010, 12:18 PM	#10
robmac Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nashua,Meredith Posts: 951 Thanks: 213 Thanked 106 Times in 81 Posts	I agree with RG, if not late March ice out I don't think right now it'll last past the first few days of April. Need to get the boat ready,if only the rain would stop.

02-26-2010, 11:55 AM	#11
DailyWolfeboro Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Wolfeboro, NH Posts: 46 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts	Took this photo when I was out on Wolfeboro Bay in a Zodiac this morning with one of my friends.

03-05-2010, 06:17 PM	#13
webmaster Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 2,453 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 456 Thanked 3,819 Times in 839 Posts	Still 37° RG. If I miss a temp. posting you can get the current water temp. from CanisLupusArctos's weather page, although today his reading is higher than at the dam.

03-05-2010, 08:17 PM	#14
pontoonbarge Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Windham, NH Posts: 42 Thanks: 89 Thanked 18 Times in 9 Posts	Winnipesaukee Data Phone I also keep the data phone number in my cell phone, so any time I'm wondering.... (which is almost all the time) I can call... 603-527-0071 They usually update it around 7am. I'm psyched about the ice melting! Bring on the Sun! (As an aside, the Black Cat website is really great!)

03-06-2010, 08:38 AM	#15
hancoveguy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 276 Thanks: 95 Thanked 65 Times in 30 Posts	March 6- 38 degrees March 6 and the water temp is 38 degrees.... wahooo

03-06-2010, 09:32 AM	#16
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	Open water Wolfeboro 3-6-10. There's a lot of open water in Wolfeboro Bay 3-6-10.

03-06-2010, 10:06 AM	#17
Rattlesnake Gal Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Central NH Posts: 5,252 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 1,451 Thanked 1,349 Times in 475 Posts	Thanks! Thank you Don for the reminder of CLA's web page. I completely forgot about his temps. 38°! Not much longer now!!! Thanks for the great pictures JP. Wolfeboro Bay is looking great

03-06-2010, 11:48 AM	#18
WinnDixie Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 239 Thanks: 44 Thanked 75 Times in 17 Posts	Nice pictures and who knew??? My Ice-Out guess of April 12th will be way too late! I would have been especially happy about that back when I lived up there...and I didn't even have a boat!

03-06-2010, 02:24 PM	#19
jetskier Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: North Reading, MA and South Down Shores Posts: 851 Thanks: 57 Thanked 183 Times in 114 Posts	Open water in the middle of the lake Hi all, I climbed up to the cell phone tower this morning next to Gunstock (weekly exercise) and there are areas of open water in the middle of the lake. In addition, it is over 50 degrees today. On the mountain, some of the trees are already budding. So, it is going to happen quite soon. Jetskier

03-13-2010, 11:14 AM	#20
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,738 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	According to the chart in this website, a water temperature of 39 was reached yesterday.....which is more than one month ahead of last year......well.....good golly! Have to wonder if springtime will be warm & dry up to May 15, and then as in the last three years, depress down into a wet & cool pattern from May 15 to August 15.......ugh? __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

03-18-2010, 09:02 AM	#23
Lakesrider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,129 Thanks: 380 Thanked 1,016 Times in 345 Posts	The ice has turned that very gray color. Definitely won't be long..... Now will the Black fly season be early as well?

03-18-2010, 01:29 PM	#24
Chubbs Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 82 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	You can definatly count on those pesky black flies to be ahead of schedule. Get those wet leaves raked up before they hatch. If you don't they will sworm all over you. They can really ruin a nice day at the lake.