Lake Superior Ice Coverage Breaking Records

Plus, there’s still snow on the ground in Michigan — in freakin’ June.

LAKE SUPERIOR – June 1st marks the first day of Meteorological Summer. It also marks one of the latest days that Lake Superior has recorded more than one percent ice coverage.

Lake Superior Ice – 1Jun14 -National Weather Service

Here’s the MODIS satellite image (below) from early afternoon on 31 May, 2014. Dr Roy Spencer outlined the main areas of ice, which are concentrated near the south shore of Lake Superior, mostly near Marquette and Pictured Rocks.

The last day of May recorded 1.92 percent ice coverage in Lake Superior.

The last time ice was reported in late spring was May 29th 2003.

Photos – Ice cream on the dock, icebergs in the water
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/05/27/great_lakes_ice_remains_despite_near_re cord_high_temperatures.html

More photos:
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2014/06/ice-still-on-lake-superior-in-june/

http://fox17online.com/2014/06/01/lake-superior-breaking-records-with-spring-ice-coverage/#axzz33QlJj2M2

National Weather Service:
https://twitter.com/NWSMarquette/status/473291490437758976/photo/1

http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/25663197/lake-superior-breaks-record-with-ice-still-a round#.U4yHUi-K2hw.twitter

Thanks to Ralph Fato and Jim Shepherd for these links

“Imagine that,” says Ralph. “Sunbathing on the beaches with ice around in the waters.

Or Imagine this…. In a year or years the ice never fully melts and then comes another cold fall & winter with more snow and more ice forming and piling over and over the existing ice.”