CLEVELAND — U.S. Coast Guard ships worked in icy waters on the Great Lakes on Jan. 21 to help large cargo boats that were ...

More than a quarter of the Great Lakes are covered in ice after cold weather settled in.

All of the Great Lakes now have quickly growing ice cover. Lake Huron has just reached its historical average amount of ice for January 20. Lake Michigan’s ice cover graph shows the trajectory and the ...

This winter, the Great Lakes have experienced significant temperature fluctuations leading to rapid changes in ice coverage, ...

Following a recent blast of Arctic air, Michigan's Great Lakes saw a significant increase in ice, as the lakes reached their highest coverage for the 2025-26 season. On Sunday, Jan. 4, Great Lake ...

It looks like the Great Lakes region might get another relatively normal ice year − a relief given recent trends. The U.S. National Ice Center released its 2025-2026 seasonal outlook this week, ...

According to NOAA ice analysis updated this week, average ice cover across all five Great Lakes remains below 10%. This is tracking near average for mid-December. That’s not unusual. Historically, ...