As of March 16, average ice cover across the lakes was roughly 13.5%. Lake Superior was at 9.2%, and Lake Michigan was at ...

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

Image credit: NOAA/ESRL (left) and NOAA/GLERL (right). The Great Lakes ice season typically begins in the shallow, protected bays like Green Bay and Saginaw Bay as we see this year in Figure 1.

Great Lakes ice coverage stands at 17.32%, with Lake Erie at 32.93% coverage. The last time officials recorded 17% ice coverage was on Jan. 27. During the 2023-24 ice season, the Great Lakes never ...

This Great Lakes ice season has proven to be much better than the past few years — in fact, it's been relatively normal. So far, the 2024-'25 ice season has measured up to the slightly below to ...