{"id":93131,"date":"2026-01-22T01:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/93131\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T01:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:42:09","slug":"ice-on-great-lakes-might-surprise-you-with-recent-cold-except-lake-eries-ice-is-skyrocketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/93131\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice on Great Lakes might surprise you with recent cold, except Lake Erie\u2019s ice is skyrocketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FZCDJCSGDJCGVBS7WRIQ4UC2TM\">The amount of ice cover has just recently started to really grow on the Great Lakes. Most of the lakes still have less ice than normal for this date. Also, look at Lake Erie\u2019s ice chart. It\u2019s a straight line upward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"S6H5RKUBMBF75J7ESV2Y46ZVYM\">Here is the easiest map to see the amount of ice cover. Right now the overall ice percentage on all of the Great Lakes is measured at 22.5 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\/01\/5GY7FEYUTZHLVOSNAYZV7SHU7U.jpg\"  \/>Map showing just the areas of ice on the Great Lakes.NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MPVUL34REJC2TBYORTDDRD56MQ\">The overall Great Lakes\u2019 ice amount has grown from 10 percent to 22.5 percent in the past week of cold weather.<\/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\/01\/YH3QZF2Z4ZAGJEGE2XARO2RILQ.png\"  \/>Total Great Lake&#8217;s current ice cover (Black) versus long term average(red) and other years (faint lines)NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6RRQML2XC5DUPPT4CDU3YSAIPQ\">Look at Lake Erie\u2019s ice chart. Today Lake Erie is 85 percent covered with ice. That is up from just one percent ice cover just eight days 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\/01\/YIUHPUQGIJD5JF6ERC7ZKT6ND4.png\"  \/>Lake Erie&#8217;s current ice cover (Black) versus long term average(red) and other years (faint lines)NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5YWV3V6NG5ATPF47PQXXND72BQ\">All of the Great Lakes now have quickly growing ice cover. Lake Huron has just reached its historical average amount of ice for January 20.<\/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\/01\/XMV64TESARESRD74KI5JXXAOHU.png\"  \/>Lake Huron&#8217;s current ice cover (Black) versus long term average(red) and other years (faint lines)NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VO4P553Y55AWFDQWFFEHR5N2MA\">Lake Michigan\u2019s ice cover graph shows the trajectory and the coming cold will take it on an above-normal amount of ice in the next 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\/01\/JUKPSTZAYVCO5OLXPCNJLXUDZU.png\"  \/>Lake Michigan&#8217;s current ice cover (Black) versus long term average(red) and other years (faint lines)NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UQ737QK3RRAWBGEVPRKWR7AOYE\">Lake Ontario usually has the least amount of ice, and that\u2019s the case right now with only six percent ice cover.<\/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\/01\/VHCFQHOXRBG5FKW6XRUEYLQ2II.png\"  \/>Lake Ontario&#8217;s current ice cover (Black) versus long term average(red) and other years (faint lines)NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PNZQBRIXNJBLDN7MEOA2QWYMBY\">So far this winter, Lake Superior doesn\u2019t have a whole lot of ice. That will change over the next 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\/01\/PRSLOLRVDRCP3HR2QWS5Z3WMUU.png\"  \/>Lake Superior&#8217;s current ice cover (Black) versus long term average(red) and other years (faint lines)NOAA<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RWQCXVD5G5HLFFCGHMEZ2UNKKQ\">We are just seeing the ice rapidly expanding on the Great Lakes. The Arctic air for the next week to 10 days will cause a big growth in ice. Lake Erie may even be frozen over by the end of next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FH65BYDTYFDTZIM3WVIQ7BUFZE\">Stay updated with Michigan\u2019s weather and the Great Lakes ice growth at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/weather\/\">MLive.com\/weather<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The amount of ice cover has just recently started to really grow on the Great Lakes. 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