Lake Superior drops a bit

December has been an incredibly slow news month for our area of the great outdoors. Just so you don't think I've not been looking, I did manage to scrounge up this little item from the Duluth News Tribune:

The level of Lake Superior dropped a bit more than usual in December, 4 inches rather than 3 inches, and sits about 2 inches below its long-term average for this time of year.

The International Lake Superior Board of Control reports that the lake sits about 7 inches above the level of one year ago. Precipitation to the region around the lake in December was about normal, the board notes.

Lake Huron and Michigan stayed about the same in December compared to a usual 2-inch drop and now sit 10 inches below the long-term average but 7 inches higher than a year ago.