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Lake Ice Climatic Atlas

This Atlas is available in paper format and can be ordered through the Canadian Ice Service.


Individual products may be downloaded either from a List of Products or through the interface below. Dates of Freeze-up and Break-up are also available.

Product View
Median of Ice Concentration
Median of Predominant Ice Type When Ice is Present
Frequency of Presence of Lake Ice (%)

Digital Data and GLERL

The products in this atlas are based on charts from the Canadian Ice Service and the National Ice Center. For the period 1973 to 2000 the paper charts were digitized and the digital data was provided by Mr. Raymond Assel of NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI.

More ice and climatic products for the Great Lakes are available on the GLERL web site:

bullet Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory