Mild weather puts Great Lakes ice cover at historic low
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In the midst of an unusually warm winter across much of the northern United States and southern Canada, the Great Lakes now have the least ice cover on record for the middle of February, which is typically when the ice begins to reach its maximum extent for the season.
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Great Lakes ice cover at 50-year low
A look along most Ontario shorelines shows the minuscule amount of ice that’s on the Great Lakes this winter.
Ice coverage on the Great Lakes has hit record lows in mid-February, following unseasonably warm weather in the Midwest and Canada. Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) revealed that ice covers only 5.7 percent of the Great Lakes as of Thursday, the lowest figure for this time of year since NOAA began…
Mild weather puts Great Lakes ice cover at historic low
At MPR, Paul Huttner reports ice cover on the Great Lakes is at a historic low. The Associated Press reports new data show inflation slowed again in January compared to a year ago: “Consumer prices climbed 6.4% in January from a year earlier, down from 6.5% in December. It was the seventh straight year-over-year slowdown and well below a recent peak of 9.1% in June. Yet it remains far above the Federal Reserve’s 2% annual inflation target.” WCCO…