{"id":103390,"date":"2026-02-03T00:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/103390\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T00:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T00:25:10","slug":"stunning-satellite-images-show-the-great-lakes-rapidly-freezing-over-after-brutal-cold-snap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/103390\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning satellite images show the Great Lakes rapidly freezing over after brutal cold snap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"M46U5B5MSVECRGHIGK3XBKXTKU\">The record cold spell over the last two weeks is developing a lot of ice on the Great Lakes. The view from a satellite high above Earth gives us a great perspective on the expanding ice cover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"AVCL4W3LHVDR3KVGVU4B5LVCTE\">The statistics show us the Great Lakes are now 55 percent ice covered, which is up from 42 percent just one week ago.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Lakes ice\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/QR6XAVYMJRAA7O5DRJMRV5BVD4.png\"  \/>Great Lakes on February 1, 2026NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UK7IO4SD6FH4VC3QZRYA4DPMTI\">Lake Erie still hasn\u2019t frozen over entirely, but is now 95 percent covered with ice.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Lakes ice\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AD7DARYDVRETHMDNYU34Y7GF3M.png\"  \/>Lake Erie on February 1, 2026NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"V7ZVYELUSNBK7MYQIV7IWP46CY\">Lake Huron\u2019s ice is expanding quickly, up from 51 percent last week to now 72 percent.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Lakes ice\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2VHG7XQXC5FJ7CBLGQGS7KY5PA.png\"  \/>Lake Huron on February 1, 2026NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DFEVXUXX7ZHTVJTTSTEQELD32M\">Lake Michigan\u2019s shape, depth and orientation to typical winds make it somewhat slower to build ice when compared to Lake Huron. Lake Michigan is now 36 percent ice covered.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Lakes ice\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7YGMLZOQ3RCBXKWK5T5YZHRRJA.png\"  \/>Lake Michigan on February 1, 2026NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"I5ZYHZQTUNAP5LAVMWRCK37AT4\">The largest Great Lake, Lake Superior shot up to 47 percent ice covered this week.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Lakes ice\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/7IC2ZA4BURDE5GDSHLTVYFCRCA.png\"  \/>Lake Superior on February 1, 2026NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"I3Z6NFPIDBFBLI5SAQ53LP4OII\">Lake Ontario is usually the Great Lake with the least amount of ice. It\u2019s that case again right now, but it still has 35 percent ice cover. This is an increase from 24 percent last week.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Great Lakes ice\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/MO6MUILJMVFAHC52C2BITDUQDI.png\"  \/>Lake Ontario on February 1, 2026NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H6AIR4RQPZBPPMYFTB5QW4AFMM\">The ice cover is growing quickly on the Great Lakes, thanks to the bitterly cold Arctic air in the past week and especially this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GG54FL2TQVB7HC27OSSUYUBQFI\">Lighter winds also help the ice grow and not be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5J3GCKCPABEW5MKCNHPMKHHCDI\">We still have time for more ice to form. Typically the peak ice on the Great Lakes occurs in the second or third week of February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The record cold spell over the last two weeks is developing a lot of ice on the Great&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":{"0":"post-103390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}