Lack of ice on lakes takes toll on ice fishing
EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It has been one of the warmest starts to January on record in West Michigan. Grand Rapids has yet to see a day wi...
EAST GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It has been one of the warmest starts to January on record in West Michigan. Grand Rapids has yet to see a day with a high temperature below normal. Across the five Great Lakes, ice coverage is 4.5%. Typically at this point in January, ice coverage should be closer to 25%. Current ice coverage compared to average. Ice coverage across the Great Lakes. 'Ice has started later, ice has not lasted as long, and coverage has been down quite a bit,' said Richard Rood, Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments co-principal investigator and University of Michigan professor of climate and space sciences and engineering.