Lake Houston today

Lake Houston right now: the lake is 98.1% full, there's a light breeze from the northeast at 6 km/h4 mph and it's 24 °C74 °F and overcast.

Updated 13:17 local time, Tuesday 27 October

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature

Not measured yet

We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.

Wind now

6 km/h4 mph

From the northeast, gusts 13 km/h8 mph. 3 knots, a light breeze.

Air

24 °C74 °F

Overcast.

How full

98.1%

Right about normal for this date. 12.85 m42.16 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 6 hours ago.

Lake Houston water level today

Lake Houston is right about normal for 27 October: 12.85 m42.16 ft against a median of 12.91 m42.37 ft for this date, measured over 30 years (1996–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 11.72 m38.46 ft to 14.57 m47.79 ft.

Lake Houston is 98.1% full, at 12.85 m42.16 ft above sea level, against a full level of 12.9 m42.4 ft. That's 160.1 million m³129,812 acre-feet of water out of 163.2 million m³132,318 acre-feet.

How full	98.1%
Water level	12.85 m42.16 ft
Level when full	12.9 m42.4 ft
Below full by	0.07 m0.22 ft
Water stored	160.1 million m³129,812 acre-feet
Median for 27 October	12.91 m42.37 ft
Difference from normal	Down 0.06 m0.21 ft
Range on this date	11.72 m38.46 ft to 14.57 m47.79 ft
Reading from	6 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 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.

13:0075gusts 159 NE

16:0032gusts 117 S

19:0042gusts 1711 ESE

22:0064gusts 138 E

01:0074gusts 159 ESE

04:0063gusts 138 ENE

07:0074gusts 1711 E

10:00117gusts 2314 SE

Four-day forecast

Day	Weather	High / low	Wind	Gusts	Rain
Today27 Oct Drizzle	Drizzle	26 °C78 °F / 17 °C62 °F	106 E	2214	31%
Tomorrow28 Oct Overcast	Overcast	28 °C83 °F / 19 °C66 °F	159 SE	2516	9%
Thursday29 Oct Overcast	Overcast	29 °C84 °F / 18 °C64 °F	148 ESE	1610	2%
Friday30 Oct Light drizzle	Light drizzle	28 °C83 °F / 17 °C63 °F	1710 ESE	1912	11%

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