Lake Erie, for ice

Lake Erie was nearly frozen over this winter. What it means for the environment
"If you drive along the Ontario shoreline of Lake Erie, you see evidence of receding bluffs, and that's because those bluffs are being battered by winter waves. When we have ice cover, it protects the shoreline against erosion."
The icing on the lake: How frozen is Lake Erie at end of February?
Lake Erie was 95% frozen over. For February, Lake Erie is above the historical average for ice coverage recorded at above 60%. Lake Erie sees some thaw. What'
Lake Erie had 95% ice cover this winter. What it means for the environment
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Stay off the ice on Lake Erie
Temperatures will be warming well above freezing for most of the week, and this will help to begin to thaw out the lake.
Lake Erie ice cover remains above average compared to previous years
As of Feb. 18, 2025 Lake Erie is 94.78% iced over (scroll down to see a satellite picture of the Lake). This is stark change to ice coverage at this time last season when the Lake had a maximum of 35.7% ice coverage.
Dangerous ice conditions on Lake Erie
The National Weather Service, Coast Guard and at least one local fire department is warning people to stay off the ice on Lake Erie Monday as conditions could be “dangerous.”
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See Cleveland’s frozen shoreline from Lakewood Park to Edgewater Park (Drone Tour)
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Over 90% of Lake Erie is covered in ice this week, making for the rare appearance of solid ground north of ...
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Lake Erie walleye, perch management is hard work
The Lake Erie walleye and perch populations (percids) peaked in the late 1980s but then declined to low levels of abundance ...
Deep freeze briefly rejuvenates winter ice fishing: NE Ohio fishing report
Jason Sparks flew from balmy Birmingham, Alabama, to Cleveland last weekend, expressly to experience ice fishing for the ...
Breakwalls planned for along Geneva Township Park
Breakwalls are going to be built on the Lake Erie shoreline to fight erosion. The breakwalls have been engineered to go along the western end of Geneva Township Park and eight parcels just west of the ...
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UB summer research program to examine WNY climate and extreme weather events, including 2022 blizzard
The grant’s principal investigator is Sophie Nowicki, PhD, Empire Innovation Professor in the UB Department of Earth Sciences ...
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How much ice is covering the Great Lakes? Altogether, one third
The average depth of Lake Erie is roughly 62 feet – 210 feet, maximum – with 871 miles of shoreline, the Great Lakes Commission said. Here are the other average depths for the Great Lakes, from ...
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Ice currently attached to the shore will be prone to breaking away from the shoreline,' the National Weather Service warns.