Ice coverage trending up on the Great Lakes What we’re seeing locally on Lake Ontario is part of a trend across the Great Lakes toward higher ice coverage this season. Ice coverage as of ...

Lake effect snow is dependent on the Great Lakes water temperature and how much of the lake is frozen. But what does the current ice concentration look like and ...

here current estimates of ice coverage percentages for the five Great Lakes as of Jan. 23: Lake Superior: 8.19% Lake Ontario: 13.38% Lake Erie: 85.07% Lake Michigan: 21.48% Lake Huron: 25.31% What ...

Recent temperature readings show the mercury has fallen into the upper 30s with the nearshore water of Lake Ontario now at 37 degrees. No surprise then about the amount of ice coverage so far this ...

We had plenty of air cold enough to trigger formidable bouts of lake-effect snow across southern Ontario, but the lakes were so warm that it didn’t translate into ice coverage. The lakes began ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ice ... coverage. In 1998, Lake Erie had 5.4% coverage. In 2012, Lake Ontario ...