The Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant/Purdue University real-time monitoring buoy located off of Michigan City, IN, has been pulled out for winter storage. Real-time data will resume in Spring 2013.

We welcome feedback to improve the functionality of the buoy and availability of data. Please submit comments or questions via email.

Thank you for your support and we hope to see you in 2013!

The graphs below are actual representations of data taken from the buoy during October 2012. The 24-hour graph displays relative humidity and dew point. The 5-day graph displays average wind speed and average wind gust.

24-hour graph

5-day graph

The nearshore zone of Lake Michigan is used by many people each day for food, fun, or drinking water. Buoys that are equipped with sensitive scientific instruments help scientists, managers, and local community members understand how the lake works, how things look today, or how things will look in the future. Read more about how different people use these data from day-to-day below

The nearshore zone of Lake Michigan is used by many people each day for food, fun, or drinking water. Buoys that are equipped with sensitive scientific instruments help scientists, managers, and local community members understand how the lake works, how things look today, or how things will look in the future. Read more about how different people use these data from day-to-day below.

Brian Breidert of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources uses the data to better manage fish.

JohnTaylor of the National Weather Service uses the data to predict storms.

Cary Troy of Purdue University uses the data to understand the lake.

Want to see more data on this website? Tell use how you use this buoy?
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Buoy owned and operated by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue University.