NOAA researchers at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) report that they’ve seen a steady decrease in ice coverage across the Great Lakes, which has reached a historic low.
NOAA researchers at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory (GLERL) report that they’ve seen a steady decrease in ice coverage across the Great Lakes, which has reached a historic low.
Together, Great Lakes ice coverage was measured at 2.7 % on February 11, 2024.
Coverage on each of the lakes was measured as follows:
Lake Superior 1.7 %
Lake Michigan 2.6 %
Lake Huron 5.9 %
Lake Erie 0.05 %
Lake Ontario 1.7 %
Lakes Erie and Ontario are basically at – or tied with – their individual historic lows for the date, making both essentially ice-free.
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Image: Lake Michigan just north of Muskegon on February 11, 2024. Although chunks of ice dot the sandy beach, there is little-to-no ice coverage on the lake. Often in February ice would be many inches thick at this same location and the waves would be well off shore. (Credit: Jen Day/NOAA)
