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Official Ice Out date and Water Level

While most of the lake was open on May 8, the official Ice Out Date is May 9. The lake level at ice out was 1.93 feet, 4 inches higher than when the lake froze over last fall. After rains this week,the lake level this morning, May 22, was 2.08 feet, 1.8″ higher than at […]

22.05.2013around the lake

Ice Out and Loons

On May 8 the ice finally went out and the loons arrived. We have a pair of loons and they have already been checking out the nesting platform. All the snow is gone except for a few piles from plowing and the roads are clear. After a low temperature of 19 last night we may be in for a stretch of relatively […]

13.05.2013around the lake, loons

Loon Update April 26 2013

On April 21, I trimmed the bushes on the loon platform by skiing to it on the ice. We talked to an ice fisherman on the lake the other day, and he said there is 30 inches of ice. We had 4 1/2 inches of snow on April 23. Needless to say, the loons are not here yet. […]

26.04.2013around the lake, loons

Change in Weather Reporting

The Moon Lake Webmaster/Weatherman has been doing a poor job of weather reporting as it has become a pain in his rear. Therefore a different reporting method is going to be used. The data from our weather station will be periodically cut and pasted onto the website. There is actually more data; however snowfall […]

27.02.2013around the lake