Lake Michigan is Cooler than Average for Early June

This can be a graph of the water temperature of Lake Michigan. The blue line is the 27-year common and the thinner crimson line is the water temperature this 12 months.

Proper now the lake is a bit cooler than common. You may see the 2 upward spikes from Might 10-14 and Might 29-31 after we had excessive temperatures within the mid 80s. Total, it’s been cooler and cloudier than common since late March.

This Sunday night, the south mid-Lake Michigan buoy had a water temp. of 51° and the north mid-Lake Michigan buoy had a cold water temp. of 38° (and an air temperature of simply 43°). On the shore, Ludington reported a floor water temp. of 60° on Sunday.

My son-in-law snapped this pic. a couple of days in the past. He was flying from Chicago to London, England they usually flew just about proper over his home (he lives in Traverse Metropolis).

I’ve been following the 2 remaining patches of snow left on Mt. Ripley in Higher Michigan, close to Houghton. They’re shrinking, however they’re nonetheless there within the heart of the pic. That is about as late as I can bear in mind snow right here on the mountain. A lot of the U.P. had above common snowfall this previous winter, with Mt. Bohemia recorded a season complete of 321″.

The map above snows Northern Hemisphere snow and ice cowl. You may see most all of Hudson Bay remains to be ice lined. There’s ice on Nice Bear Lake, Nice Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca. There’s nonetheless snow on the upper mountains out West and in Alaska and in addition in far northern Canada.