Ice-out

Today is the first day without ice on the Hunter Brook arm of the New Croton Reservoir. Thiry-six hours earlier, a thin film of remnant ice covered much of the open water visible in the top photo (which was taken three-quarters of an hour ago). The bottom photo (from the same time) shows the mouth of the Hunter Brook from the bridge on Baptist Church Road. This has been a strange winter—incredibly mild for most of December and January, it turned sharply colder for February and March.