Big lake surface water temp?

[old abe]

John, I don't know how to check out the lake water temp(shallow/surface). Is it running warmer than the norm, or is there a normal winter temp???

 

[jd]

I actually do not know what the lake temp departures or even temps are, but can say that Lake Superior is wide open and ready to make some lake effect. I would suspect that the temps are probably running near average. Unless there is ice, the lake temps always settle to around 32-34 degrees for the winter, no matter what the summer, autumn or current winter is like.

 

[frnash]

John, I don't know how to check out the lake water temp(shallow/surface). Is it running warmer than the norm, or is there a normal winter temp???

FWIW:

1. (click →) National Data Buoy Center, then:
2. From the links on the right side of the page, click on • USA-Lake Superior (or whichever), then …
3. click on the desired buoy symbol.

 

[jd]

FWIW:

1. (click →) National Data Buoy Center, then:
2. From the links on the right side of the page, click on • USA-Lake Superior (or whichever), then …
3. click on the desired buoy symbol.

They pull all the bouys for the winter.

 

[Baldwin49304]

This is a link to satellite sensor images of the lake temps that aren't perfect but pretty accurate I'd say. Sometimes the images show black which just means no data was captured on that shot due to cloud cover or possibly ice cover:

Lake Michigan last 7 days:
http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/michigan/7day/m/

Lake Superior last 7 days:
http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/superior/7day/s/

Lake Huron last 7 days:
http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/huron/7day/h/

Lake Erie last 7 days:
http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/erie/7day/e/

Lake Ontarior last 7 days:
http://www.coastwatch.msu.edu/ontario/o.html



Those can be used in conjunction with the link below to forecast LES (along with a bunch of other things like wind, humidity/moisture, etc).....

http://weather.unisys.com/upper_air/ua_cont.php?plot=850&inv=0&t=cur