CLEVELAND (WJW) – With the arctic blast at the end of January, the ice coverage on Lake Erie went from nearly 30% to over 80% in just four days. Now, Lake Erie ice coverage is at 91%. According to Fox ...

Ice cover on the Great Lakes has often been thought to cap evaporation that can influence water levels and regional weather.

CLEVELAND — It's been a real winter here in Northeast Ohio, hasn't it? Cold air. Proper bouts of snow. And Lake Erie is mostly iced over. As of Feb. 18, 2025 Lake Erie is 94.78% iced over (scroll down ...

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and swings in air temperature can influence ice coverage “more rapidly than other lakes,” said James Kessler, physical scientist with the Great Lakes ...

There have not been very many years in the last two decades when ice fishing on Lake Erie was possible. When nature does revert to age-old times of cold weather in winter, like this year, the ice ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lake Erie, the shallowest of the five Great Lakes, last froze over in 1996. With ice covering more than 95% of the lake on Thursday, and continued winter weather in the forecast, could ...

Fishing on the winter Lake Erie ice with his son, Robert Kubiak feels it is important to introduce kids to fishing at a young age. Photo courtesy of Robert Kubiak Fishing on the eastern basin Lake ...