Lake George, United States

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Lake George today

Lake George right now: there's a light breeze from the southwest at 8 km/h5 mph and it's 16 °C61 °F and clear sky.

Updated 10:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

Photo: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
8 km/h5 mph
From the southwest, gusts 13 km/h8 mph. 4 knots, a light breeze.
Air
16 °C61 °F
Clear sky.
Water level
97.36 m319.41 ft
Right about normal for this date. Above sea level (NGVD 1929), down 0.02 m0.07 ft over 7 days. USGS, less than an hour ago.

Lake George water level today

Lake George is right about normal for 12 September: 97.36 m319.41 ft against a median of 97.35 m319.39 ft for this date, measured over 31 years (1996–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 97.21 m318.93 ft to 97.60 m320.20 ft.

Water level97.36 m319.41 ft
Median for 12 September97.35 m319.39 ft
Difference from normalUp 0.01 m0.02 ft
Range on this date97.21 m318.93 ft to 97.60 m320.20 ft
Reading fromless than an hour ago

Source: USGS. 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 paddleboardGood – calm water
  • SailingGood sailing breeze
  • Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

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

10:0096gusts 138 SW
13:00148gusts 2717 SSW
16:00149gusts 2616 SSW
19:0096gusts 106 SW
22:00128gusts 159 WSW
01:001811gusts 4327 SSW
04:00159gusts 3119 SW
07:00159gusts 2918 SW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today12 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 24 °C74 °F / 9 °C48 °F1711 SW3220 3%
Tomorrow13 Sep
Light rain
Light rain 24 °C75 °F / 17 °C62 °F1811 SW4629 53%
Monday14 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 21 °C70 °F / 9 °C48 °F1610 NW3622 14%
Tuesday15 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 21 °C70 °F / 7 °C44 °F159 SSW3421 4%

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