Wow. That is really interesting. It shows how much colder it was in the 1800s and very early 1900s. It is almost unheard of for any of the Finger Lake to freeze over today. The above period was during the end of the Little Ice Age before the early 20th century warm-up.
On Sunday, February 9, 2014 11:50 PM, Linda Post Van Buskirk <[email protected]> wrote: I wonder for how long. The lake can skim over with a sharp dip in temp, and then winds break up the ice. When we went down to the lakeshore Saturday morning (we’re just north of the village of Aurora), the shore was covered with shards of ice, clear as glass—and then the water was indeed frozen over, but just a thin sheet, about 100 yards out. From:[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Fast Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 9:19 PM To: CAYUGABIRDS-L Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Additional freezing info A. R. Cahn in "The freezing of Cayuga Lake in its relation to bird life". Auk 29:437-444 reports that the lake was completely frozen over in 1796, 1816, 1826, 1856, 1875, 1884, 1904, and 1912. A couple of these were thought due to volcanic eruptions in other parts of the world. Steve Fast -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
