Altogether, the Great Lakes are seeing healthier ice coverage this year. Here's what to know about their current conditions.

The ice coverage in Lake Erie has rapidly expanded to 80% this week. February and March are peak maximum ice coverage periods ...

There are about 42 fewer days of wintry weather in the Great Lakes than in 1995, according to a study published in the ...

After nearly a week of freezing temperatures — below zero on several days — the Great Lakes are seeing significant ice creation, with Lake Erie nearly completely frozen over. Lake Erie was ...

Great Lakes data from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers includes the following future predictions for the water levels for each Lake: In the middle of January, Lake Erie was at a minimum water ...

As of Thursday afternoon, Great Lakes ice cover dropped to 19%, still significantly greater than the past several winters. Lake Erie ice cover, which topped out around 85% last week, fell to 75% ...

Current Lake Erie ice coverage: Lake Erie is the shallowest of the lakes and usually freezes before the rest of them, however, all of the Great Lakes have some ice coverage currently.

its volume, so that in any given winter it typically develops less ice cover percentage-wise than any other Great Lake as shown in Figure 5. Figure 4. Comparison of ice cover on Lakes Erie and ...

That’s about 20% more ice than average for this time of year. Lake Erie is shallower and narrower than other Great Lakes, so it freezes faster. Last year, Lake Erie was practically ice-free ...

Photo courtesy Mike Stockman Photo courtesy Mike Stockman Photo courtesy Mike Stockman Photo courtesy Mike Stockman As Lake Erie is the most shallow of all the Great Lakes, it is more likely to ...

And ideally, better stewards as soon as possible. Lake Erie has the second highest count of plastic particles in the Great Lakes, according to the Lake Erie Institute. That’s primarily ...