U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lake Level Report: March 2014
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says there's a good chance of above-average levels this spring.
Lake Superior was just 0.84 inches below its long-term average in February – and this spring the Lake could climb back to normal for the first time in nearly 16 years.
Continuing its seasonal decline, the Lake dropped to an average of 601.18 feet in February, just 0.07 feet (0.84 inches) below the long-term average of 601.25. This year's February mark was nearly a foot higher than 2013's.
The latest forecast from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects above-average levels in March and April, thanks in part to this year's snowy winter. "It would mark the first time since April of 1998 that the monthly mean reached or exceeded average," says Keith Kompoltowicz, chief of the Watershed Hydrology Branch at the Corps' Detroit District. The monthly mean is the official measure of the levels.