He blames the lack of ice on the abundance of snow. "It's insulating and so that cold air is trying to get through that snow," he said. Heinrichs measured one snow-covered part of ice on Lake ...

How this cold snap has Lake Michigan steaming one day and covered in a thin sheet of ice the next ... Ice forms on Lake Michigan off the Chicago shoreline in Lincoln Park on Jan. 21, 2024.

Recent cold temperatures increase ice cover on Lake Michigan. Lake Michigan water levels are largely driven by snowmelt and rainfall during the spring and summer, but in the winter it's a battle ...

Cold pattern means Great Lakes are finally starting to build some ice. Published: Jan. 06, 2025, 1:05 p.m. ... Lake Erie’s ice cover really stands out as abnormal today.

Ice Coverage on Lake Superior this year (black) is well below the average for this time of year (red). As of February 14th, 2023, Ice coverage is 6.6% across the Great Lakes, which is well below ...

MPR News reporters Regina Medina (left) and Elizabeth Shockman react to their first seconds in the frigid waters at the Lake Harriet ice hole in Minneapolis on Jan. 25. INTERVIEWER: It is February ...

By mid-January, Lake Erie’s ice coverage reached over 70%, far exceeding the average of 40% for this time of year. That’s a big leap from recent winters, where ice coverage often struggled to ...