The surface air temperature anomaly (left) and annual maximum ice cover (right) over the period December 1- March 1 for 2011-12 (top) and 2013-14 (bottom ... rarely see ice cover. Lake Superior ...

Ice-out on Maine’s largest lake was declared at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Currier’s Flying Service made the traditional ice-out ...

The lake ice then acts like the glass in a greenhouse, allowing the sun to heat the water underneath, thus melting the ice from bottom where it is touching the warming water. That water starts to ...

In a sure sign of warmer weather ahead this spring, ice-out has been declared on Lake Winnipesaukee.Emerson Aviation made the declaration at 7:02 a.m. Wednesday.Ice-in is declared on the lake when ...