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After reaching a peak of more than 50% coverage in February, Great Lakes ice held on into May this year. Here's where.
Lake Superior, while the largest and deepest of all the Great Lakes, is so far north into the colder winter air that even its open waters often develop ice cover later into the winter on an annual ...
with Lake Erie reaching 92.9% coverage at one point. Lake Michigan has slightly more ice than Lake Superior, but both are behind Lakes Erie and Huron for coverage. The Great Lakes are 35.15% ...
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.
The other Great Lakes have varying degrees of ice coverage, with Lake Superior having the least at 8%. The highest recorded ice coverage for all the Great Lakes was 94.7% in 1979. After nearly a ...
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 ...
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 Great Lakes are currently at 33.19% ice coverage, the highest point so far in 2025. This year's ice coverage is significantly higher than the past two years, with Lake Erie reaching 92.9% ...
Lake Huron has less ice than Lake Erie but is ahead of Lakes Michigan and Superior for coverage. The Great Lakes are 35.15% covered in ice, the highest coverage so far in 2025 with Lake Erie in ...