PHOTO BY US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Although February was relatively dry, four of the Great Lakes (all except for Lake Ontario) saw record-breaking water levels last month, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron (they are measured as one) were 5.5 inches higher than the record set in February 1986. Lake Superior saw a lower water level in February than in January, but a record was still broken by less than 1 inch. Lake Erie broke its record set in 1987 by 4.7 inches.
Lake Ontario’s big February was last year’s, when the water was 6 inches above the 2020’s level, according to mLIVE.
Water levels are expected to continue to rise into the spring and then drop in the summer.
To read the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ official data release, visit lre-wm.usace.army.mil/ForecastData/MBOGLWL-combined_bulletin_and_backpage.pdf.
