ice making rate chart

[HardWater Junkie]

I posted this before under the ice safety board last season but wanted to bring it back up for all of you that haven't seen it. Its not exact but a good idea of how long it takes to make ice.

[mitch131]

hardwater could you make it a little smaller so we can see it lol

[slabslayer]

That looks good, I just hope the wind doesn't work against the cold temps.

[HardWater Junkie]

Just click on the pic and it will enlarge so you can read it

[deerslayern]

Question for u all. after the first inital thin layer of ice, say its 14 degrees with a 15 to 20 mph wind to drop the wind chill or the real feel temp does that effect the ice making process and it will make more ice at a faster rate or no ?

[futurestrader]

It's the real temps.

[OhioFisher19]

That actually seems pretty legitimate.
A lot of guys think 30deg. and going to make an inch in one night... Just not going to happen lol

[HardWater Junkie]

The wind chill does not help the ice grow any faster. It could actually hurt it in the beginning because the wind makes the water choppy and it delays the ice from starting to freeze. Once it does freeze over I do like to see it windy because that will help blow any snow that comes down off the lake. When there is snow on the lake it just screws the ice making up.