The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District is reporting that the Great Lakes are continuing to set record high lake levels. Lakes Michigan, Huron, St. Clair and Erie set new monthly mean water level records for May 2020, with the pervious water level record were previously set in 1986 on Lake Michigan.
Although most of the month was dry, the middle of May brought heavy rainfall to some areas of the basin, resulting in a wetter than average month for the Michigan-Huron and Erie basins. In the coming months, water levels are projected to continue to be near or above record high water levels on all of the lakes, except Lake Ontario.
Significant erosion and flooding continues in many locations as water levels remain extremely high. John Allis, chief of the Great Lakes Hydraulics and Hydrology Office said “The water level of Lakes Michigan and Huron has now risen above the peak level that was reached last year.”
