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This is my current extended forecast for December.

Rink veterans, would you drop your liner and flood in the midst of any of this? I don't want to drop prematurely, as the rink becomes a leaf magnet until frozen. Those highs are really concerning me....

Wow...those are some pretty big swings....Unfortunately......I would have to say wait....just not sure you build up a big enough layer of ice to get out onto it to shovel if god forbid it snows....

I would kill for those temperatures! My 15 day outlook does not fall below freezing at all.

I was always a proponent of lay the tarp down early and fill it, then let nature do the rest. Mine was always a leaf magnet as well but I was always diligent removing them - either by hand, shovel or the one year we used a pool skimmer. You'd be amazed how much ice you can make overnight at some of those temperatures and how little will disappear at the warmer ones.

Hard to believe that last year I had already been skating for two weeks at this time and this year I put up the Christmas lights on December 5th and not a single clip broke in the cold weather.

I agree with kevmac - flood now. Make ice at night and lose some during the warm days. You'll slowly gain ice until the real cold arrives.