Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and swings in air temperature can influence ice coverage “more rapidly than other lakes,” said James Kessler, physical scientist with the Great Lakes ...

CLEVELAND — It's been a real winter here in Northeast Ohio, hasn't it? Cold air. Proper bouts of snow. And Lake Erie is mostly iced over. As of Feb. 18, 2025 Lake Erie is 94.78% iced over (scroll down ...

Lake Erie's ice coverage, which peaked in mid-February, is beginning to thaw due to increasing temperatures and winds. While the ice is thawing, it is also shifting, with winds pushing it eastward and ...

Fishing on the winter Lake Erie ice with his son, Robert Kubiak feels it is important to introduce kids to fishing at a young age. Photo courtesy of Robert Kubiak Fishing on the eastern basin Lake ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lake Erie, the shallowest of the five Great Lakes, last froze over in 1996. With ice covering more than 95% of the lake on Thursday, and continued winter weather in the forecast, could ...

There have not been very many years in the last two decades when ice fishing on Lake Erie was possible. When nature does revert to age-old times of cold weather in winter, like this year, the ice ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio (WJW) — The U.S. Coast ...

ONTARIO, Canada -- Lakefront homes in Ontario were encased in a thick, spiky coat of ice after last weekend's blizzard whipped frigid waves on shore. Residents of the Fort Erie community, ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The ice boom on Lake Erie where it flows into the Niagara River is being removed much earlier than usual. WIVB-TV in Buffalo reports that the New York Power Authority and Ontario Power ...

The ice-coated car had been stuck in a parking lot for over two days. — -- The "ice car" that's been encased in thick ice in an upstate New York parking lot near Lake Erie for over two days was ...