The water levels on all the Great Lakes have continued to be below their monthly record highs as of May 7, 2021. Lake Michigan is now 15 inches below the highest recorded monthly average in May previously set just last year in 2020. This is the fourth month in a row this year where NBS…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes have continued to be below their monthly record highs as of April 9, 2021. Lake Michigan is now 14 inches below the highest recorded monthly average in April previously set just last year in 2020. This is the third month in a row this year where NBS…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes have continued to be below their monthly record highs as of March 5, 2021. Lake Michigan is now 9 inches below the highest recorded monthly average in March previously set just last year in 2020. This is the second month this year where NBS has been below…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes have continued to be below their monthly records as of February 15, 2021. Lake Michigan is now 10 inches below the highest recorded monthly average in February previously set just last year in 2020. This is the first time since August of 2019 that the Net Basin…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes have finally dipped below their monthly records as of January 22, 2021. Lake Michigan is now 4 inches below the highest recorded monthly average in January previously set in 1987. Additionally, the basin is 8 inches below mean water levels from a year ago. From this point…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes have finally dipped below their monthly records as of December 4, 2020. Lake Michigan is now 4 inches below the highest recorded monthly average in December previously set in 1986. Additionally, the basin is 4 inches below mean water levels from a year ago. From this point…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes have finally dipped below their monthly records as of November 6, 2020. Lake Michigan is now 7 inches below the highest recorded monthly average in November previously set in 1986. Additionally, the basin is 3 inches below mean water levels from a year ago. From this point…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes have finally dipped below their monthly records as of October 9, 2020. Lake Michigan is now 9 inches below the highest recorded monthly average in October previously set in 1986. Additionally, the basin is 1 inch below mean water levels from a year ago. From this point…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes have finally dipped below their long-term monthly averages as of September 11, 2020. Lake Michigan declined 1 inch below the highest recorded monthly average in August previously set in 1986. Even with this decrease, Lake Michigan-Huron was still 3-4 inches above mean water levels from a year…
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The water levels on all the Great Lakes still remain above their long-term monthly averages as of August 2020. Lake Michigan surpassed its record-high monthly mean for July previously set in 1986. This is the seventh monthly record set for Lake Michigan in our recent period of high water levels. Lake Michigan water levels remained about…
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