Winter brought a colder and icier season to the Great Lakes, especially Lake Erie, which saw a near-complete ice cover in ...

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

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and swings in air temperature can influence ice coverage “more rapidly than other lakes,” said James Kessler, physical scientist with the Great ...

The ice peaked on February 21 for Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. Lake Superior peaked at 46 percent covered with ice on February 21. The long-term average peak ice on Superior is 50 percent.

Lake Huron: 195 feet in average depth, and approximately 750 feet at maximum. The overall highest percentage of ice coverage for all the Great Lakes took place in 1979 when they were 94.7% covered, ...

Great Lakes ice coverage stands at 17.32%, with Lake Erie at 32.93% coverage ... Great Lakes took place in 1979 when they were 94.7% covered, NOAA said.