{"id":776,"date":"2023-06-28T19:44:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T23:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/?p=776"},"modified":"2023-06-28T20:25:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T00:25:28","slug":"ice-out-ice-in-on-taylor-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/?p=776","title":{"rendered":"ICE-OUT, ICE-IN ON TAYLOR POND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By <em>Woody Trask<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 13 of this year, The Sun Journal published an article detailing the relationship between ice cover on Lake Auburn and water quality.&nbsp; This scenario applies equally to Taylor Pond. The less time a body of water is covered with ice, the longer the time for sunlight and warmth to stimulate algae growth and degrade water quality. Unfortunately, the effects of global warming have been reducing the duration of beneficial ice cover.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6350-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6350-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6350-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6350-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6350-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6350-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6350-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/taylorpond.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6350-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ice melts from the shore, April 4, 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIce-out\u201d dates for Taylor Pond have been recorded since 1969. In 2018, recognizing the importance of having \u201cice-in\u201d data as well, we started recording the date, although it\u2019s sometimes hard to pinpoint exactly . We can now calculate the total number of days that the pond is iced in and therefore less supportive of algae growth, however, we don\u2019t have much historical data. We are responsible for reporting both dates to the Lake Stewards of Maine (www.lakestewardsofmaine.org) for compilation with data from ponds and lakes all over the state.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average \u201cice-out\u201d date for Taylor Pond since 1969 is April 14<sup>th<\/sup>. The records reveal that recently ice-out has been occurring earlier, with April 11<sup>th<\/sup> being the average for the last 15 years. The average \u201cice-in\u201d date since 2018 is December 24<sup>th<\/sup>. However, there were two years \u2013 2016 and 2021 \u2013 when total ice-in didn\u2019t occur until well into January making for very short periods of total ice cover.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the short time that ice-in has been recorded, the average number of days that the pond is totally covered with ice is 110 days \u2013 the shortest being 83 days and the longest 137 days. This year we had 104 days of ice cover, which looks good compared to the 70 days reported in the Sun Journal for Lake Auburn. To take a quote from the paper, \u201cthe less time the lake is covered in ice, the more likely the lake will have problems later in the year.\u201d We hope that 104 days translates into another good year for Taylor Pond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Woody Trask On April 13 of this year, The Sun Journal published an article detailing the relationship between ice cover on Lake Auburn and water quality.&nbsp; This scenario applies equally to Taylor Pond. 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