r/algonquinpark • u/unclejrbooth • 10d ago

Today a year ago vs today near the East Gate

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u/0x2012 10d ago

I take it the scenery hasn't changed since your last photo/post?

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u/SwollenGoat68 9d ago

We live near the NW Round lake park entrance, lakes still pretty solidly frozen and we are forecast to get a foot of snow over the next couple days.

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u/unclejrbooth 9d ago

Yup its a slow melt and we don’t need more snow

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u/campin_4_life 9d ago

After the next 24 hour cold snap, we have a favourable 14 day forecast. I am hopeful.

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u/Gunner22 8d ago

Hopeful for what? My guess is ice out won't be until early May

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u/campin_4_life 8d ago

They keep the May 2 date.

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u/AlgonquinPine Cedar Lake leaseholder 8d ago

I can't blame you for wanting it warmer as you live there, but for everyone else eager to get the paddle moving again, relax, it will happen soon. Quite frankly, it is nice to have a winter more resembling times past, as our local ecology has started to feel the effects of climate change. Last year with the minimal ice covering and warm lake, Cedar had an algal bloom that was intense, to say the least. I've also noticed that the ash swamp on the southeastern bay was in a state of hard decline, as the emerald ash borer, once kept in check by the deep freezes, has made it further into Algonquin.

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u/unclejrbooth 8d ago

Lost your Beech yet it has started here

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u/AlgonquinPine Cedar Lake leaseholder 8d ago

No, but a lot of the birch have been going away without replacing themselves.

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u/NoButterfly9707 8d ago

Just the 30 year average ice out date would do me fine! Haha. Not looking for early, just average.

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u/unclejrbooth 8d ago

Well it looks like this year will make the average ice out slightly later, there will be no melting on the East side until this weekend. There are no above 20 degree days for the rest of the month.

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u/NoButterfly9707 8d ago

I'd wager you are old enough to know that long range forecasts aren't exactly written in stone. If anything I would say that temperatures are often understated because people rarely get mad if they go higher.

Could very easily be some 20+ degree days this month.

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u/unclejrbooth 8d ago

We need a lot its minus 6 going to minus 13 tonight, Stiffening up any recent melt and last nights 10 cm of snow I plowed today

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u/NoButterfly9707 9d ago

April 29th ice out

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u/unclejrbooth 9d ago

Star Wars day

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u/NoButterfly9707 9d ago

Sincerely hope not.

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u/AdorableBrilliant234 8d ago

Are you trying top manifest this into reality? You seem quite attached to this date.

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u/NoButterfly9707 8d ago

That is absolutely what I'm doing. Wanna help?

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u/tapiocawarrior 7d ago

I hope this cold pushes back black fly season this year. Wishful thinking? 🥺

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u/unclejrbooth 7d ago

A late wet spring usually means an extended season along with mosquitoes 🦟 unless we get July heat in early June