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Summer surface temperatures in the lake appeared to have increased by about 4.5 °F (2.5 °C) between 1979 and 2007, compared with an approximately 2.7 °F (1.5 °C) increase in the surrounding average air temperature. The increase in the lake's surface temperature may be related to the decreasing ice cover.
These are the extremes in weather records for Michigan, a state in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States. ... June 8, 1953: Statewide [4] Most ...
The second, the Great Lakes Compact, has been approved by the state legislatures of all eight states that border the Great Lakes as well as the U.S. Congress, and was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 3, 2008. [136] The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, [137] [138] was funded at $475 million in the U.S. federal government ...
High temperatures on Tuesday will trend into the 20s and 30s F across the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and New England. The pattern of lake-effect snow showers is set to persist through Tuesday ...
A storm bringing accumulating snow to portions of the northern United States and southern Canada will also set the stage for lake-effect snow into the early week across the Great Lakes. As colder ...
Seasonal outlooks this year forecast higher-than-average temperatures in the Great Lakes region and below-average ice. Weather forecasters expect little to change this week.
The cold front that merged with Hurricane Sandy at the end of October 2012 fueled Sandy's transition into a powerful extratropical cyclone, which brought strong winds and high waves across the Great Lakes. Lake Michigan recorded wave heights of 20 to 22 feet and wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph.
Last summer, Lake Michigan was 10 degrees above normal, which resulted in the water taking longer to cool down in the winter. At the start of the year, only 3% of the Great Lakes were covered in ice.