Lake Michigan Back on the Rise

Bird's eye view of Monroe Harbor by Katie Scully

Well that was quick. Just back in January the water levels in Lake Michigan were nearing an all-time low. Now, mainly because of the large rainstorms that caused flooding havoc in the area, our main weatherman Tom Skilling is reporting that the lake is now 8 inches above where it was last year at this time. While that might not seem like much, because of the lake's size that adds up to a staggering 3.1 trillion gallons of water. Chicago uses approximately 1 billion gallons of water per day.