A freezing-over of the lake surfaces is good news for communities sick of getting buried under mounds of snow this season.

ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM)- New York State is part of the Snowbelt, a region of the United States downwind of the Great Lakes where ...

With ice coverage higher than usual and less frequent arctic air outbreaks ahead, the heart of the lake-effect snow season ...

As of Tuesday afternoon, total ice coverage on the Great Lakes stands at 48.42%. It's a significant jump that places this year well ahead of historical averages for early February. While the ...

The Great Lakes, comprising Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario, exhibit unique freezing behaviors influenced by various climatic conditions. Notably, Lake Erie is often the first to ...

Historically, Lake Erie is the only lake that comes closest to freezing over in an average season. Lake Huron typically ...

Counties along Lake Michigan's shoreline and the eastern U.P. are under a winter weather advisory until Wednesday morning, ...

As winter deepens, the Great Lakes are experiencing a significant freeze, with ice cover reaching levels not seen in 15 years. This phenomenon is expected to influence lake effect snow squalls, which ...

Ice-covered lakes have benefits— less shoreline erosion, less lake-effect snow — and even provide a winter food for fish.

Lake effect snow is slamming the Great Lakes, with seven states from Wisconsin to New York under snow alerts on Monday. So far, snow totals have reached 65 inches in Barnes Corners, New York; 30 ...

The arctic air mass entrenched over the Great Lakes has resulted in ice expansion across the lakes.

LANSING, Mich.(AP) — Residents of the Great Lakes region are in for a snowy Thanksgiving, as a weather system continues to drop precipitation across the area, particularly in the Upper Peninsula of ...