Ice coverage on Lake Erie is above historical average. How frozen over is the lake?
The National Weather Service reports that Lake Erie is roughly 70% frozen over. Ice thickness varies between 2 and 12 inches depending on location.
With temps below zero, Lake Erie is 20% more ice-covered than usual
Now, after temperatures plummeted below zero, Lake Erie is about 60% frozen. That’s about 20% more ice than average for this time of year. Lake Erie is shallower and narrower than other Great Lakes, so it freezes faster.
Ice dangers: Anglers warned about potential Lake Erie ice floes
As temperatures rise and winds pick up, rescue teams are issuing a warning about dangerous conditions on Lake Erie.
Ice coverage on Lake Erie: How a frozen lake impacts weather
Lake Erie is 30-35% frozen over. Upcoming low temperatures and mild winds could help the lake freeze over soon.
Arctic plunge cranks up Lake Erie ice development
As of Jan. 20, 38.42% of Lake Erie's surface was covered in ice of some form (most of it thin and slushy). On Tuesday, the ice coverage had expanded to 58.16%, a whopping 1,900 square miles of ice development in 24 hours.
Canadian freighter became trapped in ice on Lake Erie
A Canadian freighter with 17 people on board got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie while departing Buffalo, according to the Coast Guard, which arrived with icebreaking equipment Thursday to begin
U.S. Coast Guard rescues 4 people from ice floe in Lake Erie
At 5:37 p.m., the Marblehead crew rescued three people and Catawba Island Fire crew rescued one person from the ice floe. The Air Station Detroit helicopter conducted an overflight shoreline search and ensured no other stranded ice fishermen were in distress.
Ice breakers rescue stranded vessel on frozen Lake Erie in New York
This is the dramatic moment ice breakers rescued a stranded vessel on a frozen Lake Erie in New York. The motor vessel Manitoulin, a 663 ft (202 m) ship, was trapped in more than two feet of ice a mile off the shore of Buffalo on2.
Great Lakes freighter freed from Lake Erie ice after Cleveland Coast Guard cutter arrives
Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie. A U.S. Coast Guard cutter from Cleveland heled ...
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Weather roulette: Wild Erie County forecast includes snow, sun, lows in teens, high of 40
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