CHICAGO — As ice coverage across the Great Lakes falls from winter highs with spring and summer warming ahead, Lake Michigan is likely to end up with a just-below-average season.
Lake Michigan reached an ice coverage high of 37% in February, according to data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, which records and models ice coverage.
The long-term average maximum cover for Lake Michigan, going back to 1973, is about 41%.
