Lake Superior level drops
The level of Lake Superior dropped 3 inches in August, a month it usually rises an inch, with a record low amount of rain across the big lake's watershed.
The International Lake Superior Board of Control reported Thursday that it was the least amount of rain to fall over the lake's basin in August since records have been kept.
The lake is 12 inches below its long-term average for Sept. 1 and 4 inches below the level at this time last year.
Lakes Michigan and Huron dropped 3 inches in August and now sit 18 inches below the long-term average and 2 inches lower than this time last year.
Posted by Dave at September 2, 2006 04:17 PM