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Lake Erie has widened the lead over Lake Huron. The Great Lakes as a whole now is 39.01% ice covered, more than double this time last year (15.59%). #GreatLakes #GreatLakesIce

Of the Great Lakes, Lake Erie typically freezes first. Ice coverage has recently taken a big jump and now Lake Erie has the highest coverage at 40.56%. Huron is a close second. #LakeErie #LakeErieIce #GreatLakes #GreatLakesIce

Ice Cover: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Labora... Information from NOAA-GLERL

Ice on the Great Lakes is slowly building; now up to 21.81%. #GreatLakes #GreatLakesIce

https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/ice/

Ice across all the Great Lakes is at 3.9%, the most so far this winter. Compared to the past 10 seasons this is the longest into the winter we have gone with no more than 4% ice coverage. #GreatLakes #GreatLakesIce