Today's image is titled before and at dawn on Saturday.
Lake Monona is freezing much earlier than last winter, the official date actually being this year on January 18. Should the lake freeze permanently for the season this week, it will be the earliest closing date since 1995. The history of ice on Lake Monona is provided by the Wisconsin State Climatology Office.
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