The water line on the Great Lakes Maritime Pier on West Grand Traverse Bay in Traverse City, MI shows the falling water levels. (Photo provided by John Robert Williams)John Robert Williams
The very dry September combined with the typical seasonal decline in water levels are bringing Great Lakes' water levels down to lowest level in several years.
In September the precipitation was less than half the normal amount for most of the Great Lakes' drainage basins. Each Great Lake has its own surrounding area where rainfall drains into rivers and streams and then into that particular Great Lake.
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