With the warm weather these past few days the ice on the Great Lakes is quickly receding. Here's a look at how the ice cover ...

Winter 2013-14 was one of America's coldest this century. That left the Great Lakes more ice covered than all but one other ...

Above: Satellite view of the Great Lakes on a recent clear day (December 22, 2019), showing less than 2% overall ice cover, about normal for this point in the winter, mainly in Green Bay and ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage in three years on February 22, hitting 52.23%. However, a warming trend caused the ice coverage to plummet to 28.95% within a few days.

Here are the graphs of ice cover on each lake versus how much is normal and other years. While most of the Great Lakes have increasing ice, most of the lakes are still below normal on ice cover.

The Great Lakes are currently at 33.19% ice coverage, the highest point so far in 2025. This year's ice coverage is significantly higher than the past two years, with Lake Erie reaching 92.9% ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest percentage of ice coverage in three years on Feb. 21, federal officials said, but have seen seen the ice shrink dramatically. The Great Lakes were at 52.23% ...