From your article :
When you look at ice coverage this year versus last, it's amazing that all of the lakes except Superior currently have more ice than this same date last year.
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Great Lakes freeze over;
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/great-lakes-freeze-lake-erie-100-iced-article-1.2118221
Lake Erie nearly 100% covered in ice
Lake Erie is nearly all the way iced over, while Lakes Huron and Superior are more than 80% frozen, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported. The lakes at least partially freeze over every year and ice coverage peaks mid-February.
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The 2015 freeze has a lot to live up to: The lakes’ 2014 ice covers were far greater than their averages for 1973 to 2013. For example, Lake Erie was about 75% ice last January — down from a typical average of about 30%.
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Zim.

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