Lake Michigan, along with Lakes Huron, St. Clair and Erie, set new monthly ‘mean’ water level records for last month. The previous marks were set in 1985 or ’86 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District, indicated all of the lakes are either in their period of “seasonal rise or, are reaching their peak”, as we continue into the late spring and summer.
Despite the fact that the end of April brought heavy rainfall to some areas of the basin, the month as a whole was ‘quite dry’ for the Great Lakes region. Lakes Michigan & Huron are still projected to ‘peak’ above last year’s levels, after a ‘marginal’ seasonal decline this fall & winter.
The lakes are projected to peak ‘near’ last year’s record marks and the Corps of Engineers urges those impacted by the high water levels of 2019 to continue preparing for ‘similar’ impacts the next few months.
