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The 2024 ice season was the second time average ice cover across the Great Lakes did not reach 5%. The first time was in 2012, when it hit 4.8%. (The third lowest was 7% in 2002.)
Overall, the Great Lakes have been losing ice to the tune of about 5% every decade.
Ice cover on the Great Lakes is at record-low levels right now, a sign of the winter warmth this year - and with that comes the possibility of late season lake effect snow.. Ice coverage achieves ...
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 ...
At times, the ice sheet's southern margin included the present-day sites of coastal towns of the Northeastern United States, and cities such as Boston and New York City and Great Lakes coastal cities and towns as far south as Chicago and St. Louis, Missouri, and then followed the present course of the Missouri River up to the northern slopes of ...
A warm start to the winter season has left the Great Lakes virtually ice-free and with their lowest ice cover to kick off a new year in at least 50 years.
Ice was on the decline across the Great Lakes as a whole from Feb. 5 to Feb. 13 due to above-average warmth. Within a couple of weeks of the cold moving out of the area, ice coverage dropped to ...
Overall, the amount of Great Lakes ice is only 4% of the total area. Lake Erie is completely ice free right now, 0%. Normally at this time of the year 40% of the Great Lakes should be covered in ice.