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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Great Lakes reached their highest ice coverage in three years on Feb. 22, hitting 52.23%. Warming temperatures have caused that percentage to shrink to nearly zero. With continuing above-freezing ...