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Lake Powell today

Lake Powell right now: there's a light air from the southeast at 2 km/h1 mph and it's 17 °C62 °F and clear sky.

Updated 13:17 local time, Tuesday 27 October

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
2 km/h1 mph
From the southeast, gusts 9 km/h6 mph. 1 knots, a light air.
Air
17 °C62 °F
Clear sky.
Water level
1075.70 m3529.20 ft
Well below normal for this date. Above sea level (NGVD 1929), up 2.35 m7.70 ft over 7 days. USGS, less than an hour ago.

Lake Powell water level today

Lake Powell is well below normal for 27 October: 1075.70 m3529.20 ft against a median of 1088.87 m3572.40 ft for this date, measured over 7 years (2019–2026). That is the lowest level recorded on this date.

Water level1075.70 m3529.20 ft
Median for 27 October1088.87 m3572.40 ft
Difference from normalDown 13.17 m43.20 ft
Range on this date1075.76 m3529.40 ft to 1101.30 m3613.20 ft
Reading fromless than an hour ago

Source: USGS. 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
  • SailingVery light wind
  • Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

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

13:0021gusts 96 SSE
16:0042gusts 117 ENE
19:0053gusts 64 NE
22:0042gusts 43 WNW
01:0032gusts 22 NW
04:0043gusts 32 W
07:0010gusts 11 W
10:0022gusts 32 NW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today27 Oct
Clear sky
Clear sky 20 °C68 °F / 6 °C43 °F96 WNW117 0%
Tomorrow28 Oct
Overcast
Overcast 21 °C70 °F / 8 °C46 °F85 ESE95 0%
Thursday29 Oct
Overcast
Overcast 22 °C71 °F / 10 °C51 °F96 W96 1%
Friday30 Oct
Overcast
Overcast 21 °C70 °F / 13 °C56 °F3119 SSW64 19%

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