After reaching a peak of more than 50% coverage in February, Great Lakes ice held on into May this year. Here's where.

Risks are escalating for ecosystems, fisheries water quality and coastal infrastructure, like power plants and drinking water ...

Officials recorded below-average water levels compared to 2024 for the Great Lakes, ranging from 1-8 inches lower. Here's ...

The Great Lakes saw more than 50% ice coverage in February. As temperatures warm up, that percentage is falling quickly. Here's the current status.

Lakes Superior and Michigan hit their peak ice cover with about 45% and 33%, respectively. Lake Erie was almost completely iced over for numerous days in February, reaching max ice cover of about ...

The overall highest percentage of ice coverage for all the Great Lakes took place in 1979 when they were 94.7% covered, NOAA said. Lake Superior has frozen over once since 1973, according to NOAA.

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and swings in air temperature can influence ice coverage “more rapidly than other lakes,” said James Kessler, physical scientist with the Great ...

Great Lakes ice coverage reached an historic low in 2024 ... from deepest to shallowest from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Lake Superior: 483 feet in average depth, maximum depth ...