In Figure 2 below, the map on the left of each image shows ... while the open waters of deep lakes such as Michigan and Ontario rarely see ice cover. Lake Superior, while the largest and deepest ...

Lake Superior is close behind those two with 95% coverage, followed by Lake Michigan with 73% and Lake Ontario with 70%. According to NOAA data, the Great Lakes ice coverage is up over 3%. This ...

Lake Superior at 15.1% and Lake Ontario at nearly 10%. Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and swings in air temperature can influence ice coverage “more rapidly than other lakes ...