The amount of lake-effect snow that any location gets in any year depends on how much cold air and what the prevailing wind direction is among other factors. The regional climate through the end of the 21st century will likely be warmer and wetter. More warming will occur in the western part of the region than in the eastern part. The net change may be a decrease in the diurnal temperature range in the west and an increase in the east. The decreased diurnal temperature range may suggest slightly more cloudiness or humidity over the western part of the region.
Larger differences exist in winter between the two models.
Earlier immigrants were from Canada and Europe with very large numbers of Germans going to Wisconsin. The automobile industry brought immigrants from new areas such as Poland, Hungary, Italy and Greece as well as African-Americans from the south. The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Basin is now home to more than 42 million Americans and Canadians. The Great Lakes region as a whole is suitable for growing eight of the top ten food crops in the world. Hog production is important in Minnesota, dairy production is important in Wisconsin, and specialty crops are important in Michigan, which ranks first in the US in tart cherry production.