Usually by late summer, the water heats up enough that it’s no longer cooler by the lake. Then, in the fall and early winter, ...

A surfer rides through blowing snow as Lake Michigan waves crash into the St. Joseph Inner and Outer Lighthouses Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, in St. Joseph, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via ...

Lake effect snow. It's a part of what makes western New York winters feel like a wintry wonderland that requires daily shoveling. Utica, along with Rochester, Buffalo and other communities along the ...

Stormy weather is impacting Thanksgiving travel across the U.S., particularly around the Great Lakes region. Lake-effect snow occurs when cold air moves over warmer lake waters, creating heavy, ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – We have issued a Yellow Alert through today for lake snow, frigidly cold temperatures and breezy winds. No major accumulations expected with the snow, with the most being in the ...

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Residents of the Great Lakes region are in for a snowy Thanksgiving, as a weather system continues to drop precipitation across the area, particularly in the Upper Peninsula of ...