The average maximum ice cover on the Great Lakes typically happens in late February or early March. Subscribe to our News 10 newsletter and YouTube page to receive the latest local news and weather.

Sustained cold caused rapid icing on the Great Lakes with the highest total ice cover reported since the historic 56% ice maximum in February 2022. This winter, ice cover peaked at around 25% ...

Since 1973, ice coverage has fallen by 77% on Lake Michigan and 71% on the Great Lakes as a whole. That has a far-reaching ...

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The Great Lakes — which include lakes Michigan, Erie, Superior, Huron and Ontario — comprise about a fifth of the planet’s fresh surface water. Ice cover on the lakes can be measured by ...

The overall highest percentage of ice coverage for all the Great Lakes took place in 1979 when they were 94.7% covered, NOAA said.

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 ...

There’s a hole in what we know about ice on the Great Lakes. While satellites can see ... on how thick the ice is and the level of snow cover, and would receive a stipend of up to $100.

The next few weeks look quite a bit milder than last week, but still near normal temperatures. The Great Lakes ice cover will continue to grow, but probably at a much slower pace. It will take a ...

according to data from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory. Now, it’s becoming more common for the lake to have years where less than 40% of it is covered with ice at its peak ...