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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region - June 2017

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NIDIS/NOAA

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region - June 2017 (1.52 MB)

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June 20, 2017

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Outlooks

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Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook for the Great Lakes Region for March – May 2017. Dated June 2017.

At the end of May, Lake Ontario’s water level was 82 cm (32 in) above average, which is the highest it’s been since records began in 1918. The high water levels led to widespread flooding and erosion along the Lake Ontario shoreline. Lake Erie was also close to reaching its all-time high water level. All the other lakes were at least 22 cm (8.7 in) above average and all were higher than they have been since at least 1998.

NOAA’s Regional Climate Services Program created these Climate Outlooks to inform the public about recent climate impacts within their respective regions. Each regional report contains easy-to-understand language, and anyone can access them through the Drought Portal at https://www.drought.gov/drought/resources/reports.