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This MODIS satellite image from Feb. 12, 2023, shows below-average ice cover for this time of year on the Great Lakes. Credit: NOAA GLERL / NOAA Great Lakes CoastWatch Node.
Lake Ontario traditionally sees less ice cover than the other Great Lakes, with the average peak for Lake Ontario at about 20%. Lake Erie, by comparison, has a historical average around 70% at peak.
The amount of ice on the Great Lakes — Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario — affects shipping to ports in the Midwest and the Rust Belt. People skate on top of Poplar River. (Courtesy ...
Ice covered less than 0.4% of the Great Lakes on New Year's Day, according to the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, which uses satellite data to measure ice concentrations.
The Great Lakes, with Lake Erie highlighted in darker blue . Lake Erie (/ ˈ ɪr i / EER-ee) is the fourth-largest lake by surface area of the five Great Lakes in North America and the eleventh-largest globally. [6] [10] It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes [11] [12] and also has the shortest average ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot (202-meter) Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie on Wednesday after it dropped off a load of wheat in ...
Great Lakes ice cover is off to a slow start in 2024. Unseasonably warm air temperatures are likely to blame. Great Lakes ice cover was at record low on Jan. 1, that could still change, but the ...
Smaller inlets and locations like the Saginaw Bay, Lake St. Clair and far western portions of Lake Erie are currently seeing the highest percentages of ice coverage. "Typically, lake-effect snow ...