Great Lakes Ice Reaches Historic Low

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Great Lakes Ice Reaches Historic Low
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For the second consecutive year, ice cover on the Great Lakes remains significantly below average for this time of year, which typically sees the peak of ice cover at levels around 53 percent.

Note to screen-readers: This page is using an IFrame for the content-area, and you screen reader may not be abel to see it on this website. For screen-reading purposes, please go directly to the IFrame's target page by going to As of February 11, total ice coverage across all lakes measured a mere 2.7 percent. Lakes Erie and Ontario are basically attheir respective historic lows for this time of year, making both essentially ice-free.

Factors that drive the lack of ice include climatic variables such as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation in the Equatorial Pacific along with other global oceanic oscillations, which push mild Pacific air north. These atmospheric patterns in the ocean influence weather patterns in the Great Lakes region. Rising air temperatures and “heat memory” of the lakes, retaining heat from the summer temperatures, further exacerbate the lack of ice.

Low ice coverage also affects a variety of tourism and recreation industries, such as ice fishing and outdoor sports. Last month, the John Beargrease Sled Dog marathon, one of the most beloved dog sled competitions in the Midwest, was

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