Choke Canyon Reservoir, United States

Lakes / North America / United States

Choke Canyon Reservoir today

Choke Canyon Reservoir right now: the lake is 22.8% full, there's a gentle breeze from the south at 19 km/h12 mph and it's 29 °C84 °F and overcast.

Updated 09:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

Photo: Lionelmayne, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
19 km/h12 mph
From the south, gusts 29 km/h18 mph. 10 knots, a gentle breeze.
Air
29 °C84 °F
Overcast.
How full
22.8%
Well below normal for this date. 58.39 m191.57 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 2 hours ago.

Choke Canyon Reservoir water level today

Choke Canyon Reservoir is well below normal for 12 September: 58.39 m191.57 ft against a median of 61.47 m201.68 ft for this date, measured over 27 years (1999–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 55.80 m183.07 ft to 68.11 m223.46 ft.

Choke Canyon Reservoir is 22.8% full, at 58.39 m191.57 ft above sea level, against a full level of 67.2 m220.5 ft. That's 186.3 million m³151,021 acre-feet of water out of 817.6 million m³662,820 acre-feet.

How full22.8%
Water level58.39 m191.57 ft
Level when full67.2 m220.5 ft
Below full by8.82 m28.93 ft
Water stored186.3 million m³151,021 acre-feet
Median for 12 September61.47 m201.68 ft
Difference from normalDown 3.08 m10.11 ft
Range on this date55.80 m183.07 ft to 68.11 m223.46 ft
Reading from2 hours ago

Source: Texas Water Development Board. Provisional data, subject to revision.

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 kiteMarginal

Wind, next 24 hours

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

09:001912gusts 3019 SSE
12:002113gusts 2516 S
15:001912gusts 2113 SSE
18:003421gusts 4528 SE
21:002314gusts 4629 SE
00:002113gusts 5031 SSE
03:00149gusts 3019 SSE
06:0074gusts 1811 ESE

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today12 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 39 °C102 °F / 27 °C80 °F3421 SSE5333 2%
Tomorrow13 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 38 °C100 °F / 24 °C76 °F3421 SSE5031 5%
Monday14 Sep
Mainly clear
Mainly clear 39 °C103 °F / 25 °C77 °F3320 SE4428 8%
Tuesday15 Sep
Clear sky
Clear sky 39 °C103 °F / 26 °C80 °F3119 SE4428 0%

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