Lake Erie has been in the cross-hairs of much of that weather. Ice coverage is an important piece of the Great Lakes annual cycle, though the impact it has on biology and local weather is still ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ice creation, with Lake Erie nearly completely frozen over. Lake Erie was ...

The average annual ice cover over the Great Lakes region responds very closely to seasonal changes in annual temperature. However, each lake exhibits its own individual response and timescale ...

With continuing above-freezing temperatures across the region, Great Lakes ice coverage has dropped to less than 10% since reaching a high over more than 50% in February. Great Lakes ice coverage ...

WEST MICHIGAN — It doesn't take long for the ice coverage in the Great Lakes to rapidly change, given the right conditions. For most of the early winter, temperatures were warmer than average ...

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.