As of Feb. 24, Lake Erie is 86% to 87% frozen over, according to the National Weather Service office in Cleveland which handles the Erie forecast. Earlier in February, Lake Erie was 95% frozen over.

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 ...

The official start of spring is less than a month away, but Lake Erie is already starting to thaw. This thaw comes after the ice coverage reached its peak in mid-February. As of Feb. 24, Lake Erie ...

CATAWBA ISLAND, Ohio (WJW) — The U.S. Coast Guard and local firefighters are warning residents after multiple fishermen fell through the Lake Erie ice on Thursday.. The U.S. Coast Guard ...

Last year, Lake Erie was practically ice free until the middle of January with coverage peaking for the season at just under 36% on Jan. 22. The last time ice coverage on the lake exceeded 90% was ...

The National Weather Service in Cleveland is warning everybody to stay off the ice on Lake Erie as it has been weakened by multiple thaw/freeze cycles and winds. Skip Navigation.

LAKEWOOD, Ohio (WJW) – With bitter cold temperatures in the forecast, safety officials are once again issuing a warning about dangerous ice conditions on Lake Erie. Recently, the Lakewood Fire ...

Ice cover on Lake Erie, on the other hand, has been well above average since the middle of January. This is due primarily to its average depth of 62 feet, which is considerably less than Superior (483 ...

Lake Huron had 98.2% ice cover in 1996. Lake Erie froze over completely in 1978, 1979 and 1996. Lake Ontario had 86.2% ice coverage in 1979. Contact Sarah Moore @ [email protected].

A 1912 article in the Erie Times-News reported the first walk across a frozen Lake Erie. But the first crossing actually seems to have been a century earlier. Daniel Dobbins and Jesse Elliott, key ...