But something about the whole situation looked more than a little bit… off.
Record heat + record ice: Astonishing scenes from Lake Superior: http://t.co/pzMXRUrTb7 (Photo credit: @kburnsFOX47) http://ift.tt/1msaiCd
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) May 27, 2014
I suppose this is good if you get super hot?!?!?! #MemorialDayPolarBearPlunge http://t.co/bV1jDaepcO http://ift.tt/1kLUaNJ
— Stephanie Abrams (@StephanieAbrams) May 27, 2014
Ice cream on the dock, icebergs in the water at Madeline Island on Monday with temps in 80s @TravelWI http://ift.tt/1msalOr
— Andrew Krueger (@akpix) May 27, 2014 No, your eyes don't deceive you. Those are sunbathers lying on a beach just a handful of feet away from large ice chunks still floating near the southern shores of Lake Superior, namely near Duluth, Minnesota, and Marquette, Michigan.
This picture was taken just a few hours ago along the still-icy shores of Lake Superior. Courtesy Greg Swift. http://ift.tt/1msalOx
— FOX 17 (@FOX17) May 26, 2014
It's almost June and there's still ice on Lake Superior in Ironwood, MI [pic via Sherry Richter] #MIwx http://ift.tt/1kLUcoE
— Shawn Reynolds (@WCL_Shawn) May 28, 2014
May 28 in #Duluth, Minnesota: Pancake ice covering the surface of Lake Superior http://ift.tt/1wn9mWG
— Andrew Krueger (@akpix) May 28, 2014 This winter, the Great Lakes hit a near-record percentage of 92 percent overall ice coverage and it has been anticipated that the impact of that feat on the region's weather will continue to be felt for some time. Just three months ago, Lake Superior looked like this from above:
As of Memorial Day, a record-shattering 1.5 percent of the Great Lakes and 4.5 percent of Lake Superior still remained frozen, the Washington Post's Jason Samenow notes.
It's late May but there is still ice in Lake Superior! http://t.co/54wBmpqGwP http://ift.tt/1kLUb4b
— WZZM 13 On Your Side (@wzzm13) May 28, 2014 from Chicago - The Huffington Post http://ift.tt/1wn9lCf
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