The morning sun starts to melt the ice at the shore of Port Stanley, Ontario.

The Great Lakes' ice coverage was lagging behind average for much of the winter. Now, coverage is above average for some ...

The National Weather Service office in Cleveland, which handles the Erie forecast, is not reporting any significant ice cover for the lake as of early January. In fact, Karen Clark, a ...

Kahn told the Erie Times-News the current ice percentage was reported Wednesday and ice report records are delayed by two days. Ice covering the lake means less lake-effect snow Having a low ice ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - It’s been bitterly cold for a good while now, and that has some ice developing on Lake Erie. Much of the western basin is currently covered but, Lake Erie as a whole is ...

Seasonal snowfall is now above average for most of West Michigan and ice coverage has increased on the Great Lakes due to ...

As many as 17 people died on Lake Erie in 2024, in spite of what was considered a relatively warm winter season. “It’s always a dangerous game to be playing with the ice out here,” Homsher said.

The lake freighter Manitoulin is immobilized by thick ice in Lake Erie outside the Buffalo River breakwall as it awaits the arrival of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay which is en route from Erie, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lake freighter ship that was stuck in the ice in the Lake Erie shoreline in the Buffalo River since Wednesday was freed Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Coast Guard announced.

The water temperature is colder on the shallower western end of Lake Erie, and ice is already forming there. Once the entire lake reaches 39.2 degrees, the surface water cools further. When the ...

The reduced ice cover on Lake Erie can lead to increased evaporation ... Potholes form when water from the melting snow or rain seeps through the road surface. The liquid then freezes and expands ...