and fall, is to take your lake’s temperature. Odds are you already have some sort of electronic device on your boat that can be used to determine the surface temperature of the water you’re fishing, ...

All signs are pointing to the warmest water on the Great Lakes occurring now or has just happened. It could be all downhill from here on the water temperature graphs. Looking back at the long-term ...

Here’s an early afternoon picture from the Port Sheldon buoy in Lake Michigan west of Holland MI. The wind as I write this at the buoy is dead calm (0.0 mph). You don’t see that too often. Graph of ...

This weekend will have some really nice periods of weather for hitting the beach or hitting the water. A cold front comes through Saturday night and Sunday morning. Cooler temperatures will gradually ...

Four of the five Great Lakes should set new records for annual average high surface temperatures in 2024, according to NOAA satellite data collected in early December by the agency’s Great Lakes ...

MOLINE, Ill. — It's a hot and humid summer day in mid-June. Nothing too surprising given the time of year is near the summer solstice, the point at which the maximum amount of solar energy is reaching ...

Saturday midday update: Lake Michigan water temperatures north of Saugatuck have fallen significantly due to the process of upwelling. Upwelling occurs when an offshore wind blows the surface water ...

INDIANA, USA — The lake waters are at their warmest right now across Indiana and the Great Lakes. If you enjoy swimming, boating, or just wading in water that feels almost like bathwater, this is the ...