Warmth and moisture from the Great Lakes fueled lake-effect snow, as frigid air from the Arctic flowed south.
Published Jan 2, 2018
Acquired March 4, 2010, this true-color image shows snow covering the ground from Missouri to the beyond the Great Lakes. Uniform snow cover in the southwest gives way to a mixture of snow and forest in the northeast.
Published Mar 5, 2010
A relatively rare blanket of ice rested on the surface of Lake Superior in early March 2009.
Published Mar 13, 2009
Though snow droughts kept the ground bare in much of the Northeast, a late-February storm pummeled upstate New York.
Published Mar 2, 2020
A swath of white defines the path of powerful snow storm in this image from December 7, 2010.
Published Dec 9, 2010
A blast of cold air from Canada is fueling lake effect snow in several states.
Published Dec 10, 2019
Some towns east of Lake Erie received several feet of snow as cold air passing over the lake sopped up moisture and then dropped it over land.
Published Nov 20, 2014
This pair of true color images shows spring settling in over Lake Tahoe and the surrounding region in May and June 2010.
Published Oct 21, 2010
These images of the five Great Lakes show ice beginning to build up around the shores of each of the lakes, with snow on the ground across virtually the entire scene.
Published Jan 28, 2005
From late February to early March in most years, the winter cold freezes much of the surface area of the lakes. But not so much in 2020.
Published Apr 24, 2020
A cold air mass brought more snow across the Upper Midwest.
Published Dec 15, 2016
Straddling Austria and Hungary, the lake is also known as the “Sea of the Viennese.”
Published Apr 10, 2017
Lake Erie’s shallowness not only makes it more prone to fluctuating water levels, but also enables this lake to freeze and thaw more readily than its neighbors.
Published Mar 16, 2007
