Indication of how cold it's been

Great lake ice is highest on record, going back 35 years anyway.

Rapid Great Lake freeze...

With the much below normal temperatures coming the next two weeks, we will see a rapid expansion of the ice cover, currently at 8.8%, especially over Lake Superior, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie.

Current Great Lake Ice cover

Mean Temperature Anomoly Day 1 thru 16

A day at the beach on Lake Superior

Borrowed from a blog I read, a picture taken May 27th.

Great Lake Ice update

Mostly on Lake Superior...

Great Lake ice

Above 1000(yes, one thousand)% above normal.

Great Lake Ice update

It's going to have implications for spring and early summer temperatures.  Just sayin'.

Quick lunch time post...

Late Wednesday we'll see a system go by to our north.   The precipitation will start as snow, change over to rain (freezing perhaps) and then back to snow.  Accumulations will not be high, perhaps 2-5 cms.
Saturday may be a bigger deal with a few models now showing a storm going just to our south.  If that is correct, then we're looking at another 10-15 cms on Saturday.
Post Saturday storm, we are looking at much below normal temperatures next week, so much so that Great Lake ice may increase again from its current levels, which is, dare I say it, unprecedented for the end of March.

As I was saying about Great Lake ice...

And the cold is just beginning...