Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes but bests its cousins in several other ways. Find out more about all the Great ...

The warmest water temperature of the Great Lakes today is 81.1 degrees in Lake Erie and the coldest is at 65.1 degrees in Lake Michigan.

Remember, the Lake Ontario water temperature this time of the year is only in the middle 40s and there is very little heating. The air above the lake water is chilly, heavier and more dense.

According to a news release, between 2017 and 2019, record flooding along Lake Ontario’s shoreline resulted in more than $1 billion in damages in New York state. USGS scientists installed 14 ...

It is 20 nautical miles north to northeast of the shoreline of Lake Ontario and Rochester. It will measure some of the typical atmospheric data, including wind speed and wind direction.

11. The shores of Lake Michigan are home to the most extensive freshwater dune system in the world. The lake has 300,000 acres of dunes along its shoreline. 12.

Lake Huron is the second-largest Great Lake by area and the third-largest by volume and boasts the longest shoreline of the list. As for its depth, Lake Huron is 750 feet deep — say, about 750 ...