The warmest water temperature of the Great Lakes today is 81.1 degrees in Lake Erie and the coldest is at 65.1 degrees in Lake Michigan.

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Lake Michigan was the second-coldest of the five Great Lakes with an average of 51.1 degrees. Lake Ontario posted a high reading of 54.3 degrees, and Lake Huron's high was 63.5 degrees in Saginaw Bay.