Ice-covered lakes have benefits— less shoreline erosion, less lake-effect snow — and even provide a winter food for fish.

As of Tuesday afternoon, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes stands at 48.42%. It's a significant jump that places this year well ahead of historical averages for early February. While the ...

More than a quarter of the Great Lakes are covered in ice after cold weather settled in.

All of the Great Lakes now have quickly growing ice cover. Lake Huron has just reached its historical average amount of ice for January 20. Lake Michigan’s ice cover graph shows the trajectory and the ...

A powerful winter storm is gripping Michigan and the Great Lakes region, coating Lake Erie in ice and sleet while dumping ...

Great Lakes ice coverage has hit 45 per cent, well above the 23 per cent average. Environment Canada says this will ...

CLEVELAND — Ice is beginning to take hold across the Great Lakes as the calendar turns to January. Overall the coverage remains below normal for this point in the season, according to the latest ...

Michigan's Great Lakes are starting to see ice coverage as the region closes out December with a winter storm, and a cold snap is expected to move into the state by New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, that may ...

Following a recent blast of Arctic air, Michigan's Great Lakes saw a significant increase in ice, as the lakes reached their highest coverage for the 2025-26 season. On Sunday, Jan. 4, Great Lake ...

In late January, Lake Erie has the most ice coverage out of all the Great Lakes. The U.S. National Ice Center, which provides mariners and naval forces operating in polar, subpolar and Great Lakes ...