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Lake Cherokee today

Lake Cherokee right now: the lake is 84% full, there's a light breeze from the southwest at 10 km/h6 mph and it's 27 °C80 °F and clear sky.

Updated 03:17 local time, Sunday 13 September

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
10 km/h6 mph
From the southwest, gusts 21 km/h13 mph. 5 knots, a light breeze.
Air
27 °C80 °F
Clear sky.
How full
84.0%
A little below normal for this date. 84.74 m278.02 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 20 hours ago.

Lake Cherokee water level today

Lake Cherokee is a little below normal for 13 September: 84.74 m278.02 ft against a median of 85.14 m279.34 ft for this date, measured over 10 years (2017–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 84.55 m277.40 ft to 85.32 m279.93 ft.

Lake Cherokee is 84.0% full, at 84.74 m278.02 ft above sea level, against a full level of 85.3 m280.0 ft. That's 41.5 million m³33,685 acre-feet of water out of 49.5 million m³40,094 acre-feet.

How full84.0%
Water level84.74 m278.02 ft
Level when full85.3 m280.0 ft
Below full by0.60 m1.98 ft
Water stored41.5 million m³33,685 acre-feet
Median for 13 September85.14 m279.34 ft
Difference from normalDown 0.40 m1.32 ft
Range on this date84.55 m277.40 ft to 85.32 m279.93 ft
Reading from20 hours ago

Source: Texas Water Development Board. Provisional data, subject to revision. What these terms mean.

Good for today?

Rules of thumb from the current wind and water temperature. Conditions differ across the lake, so check on the spot.

  • SwimmingNo water temperature yet
  • Kayak and paddleboardBreezy – for experienced paddlers
  • SailingGood sailing breeze
  • Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

KilometresMiles per hour, gusts below. Arrows point the way the wind blows.

03:00106gusts 2113 SSW
06:0053gusts 106 ESE
09:00107gusts 2113 SW
12:00106gusts 117 SSW
15:00106gusts 117 SSW
18:00128gusts 149 S
21:00127gusts 2616 S
00:00138gusts 2918 SSW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today13 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 37 °C99 °F / 25 °C77 °F138 SSW2717 2%
Tomorrow14 Sep
Mainly clear
Mainly clear 38 °C100 °F / 25 °C77 °F1811 S2918 5%
Tuesday15 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 39 °C102 °F / 23 °C74 °F159 S3622 3%
Wednesday16 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 38 °C100 °F / 24 °C75 °F149 SSE3823 2%

Wind in km/hmph. Rain shows the highest hourly chance of rain that day.