Lake Ontario, United States and Canada

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Lake Ontario today

Lake Ontario right now: the water is 13 °C55 °F, there's a gentle breeze from the east at 12 km/h7 mph and it's 7 °C45 °F and clear sky.

Updated 14:17 local time, Tuesday 27 October

Photo: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
13 °C55 °F
Measured, less than an hour ago.
Wind now
12 km/h7 mph
From the east, gusts 12 km/h7 mph. 6 knots, a gentle breeze.
Air
7 °C45 °F
Clear sky.
Water level
74.74 m245.22 ft
Above sea level (IGLD 1985). NOAA, less than an hour ago.

Good for today?

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

  • SwimmingCold – wetsuit weather
  • 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.

14:00127gusts 127 E
17:0043gusts 95 ESE
20:00128gusts 128 ESE
23:001610gusts 1610 E
02:002314gusts 2415 E
05:002415gusts 2515 ESE
08:002113gusts 2214 ESE
11:002415gusts 2616 ESE

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today27 Oct
Overcast
Overcast 9 °C48 °F / 4 °C38 °F2817 NE3522 1%
Tomorrow28 Oct
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 12 °C53 °F / 9 °C48 °F2415 E2616 9%
Thursday29 Oct
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 17 °C62 °F / 10 °C51 °F3119 SW6541 25%
Friday30 Oct
Overcast
Overcast 14 °C57 °F / 5 °C42 °F2918 WNW4830 21%

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