Looking at data for temperatures, snow amounts, and snowstorms, Lake Erie ice cover and water temperatures over many decades, it is clear that winters are changing in Western New York.

More: Potholes are popping up in Erie roads damaged by up-and-down temperatures this winter The snowy season began with the heavy lake-effect ... for both of those winters, and we've exceeded ...

What seemed like another large ship stranded in the ice on Lake Erie Monday wasn’t actually the case. The American Mariner, ...