Wind on the lakes today
The windiest lakes for sailing and kiting, and the calmest for paddling, right now.
Most wind
Sailing, windsurfing, and kiting
- Lake BaikalRussia 34 km/h21 mph WSWgusts 4628
Lake VätternSweden
32 km/h20 mph SSWgusts 3824
Lake SuperiorUnited States / Canada
30 km/h19 mph SEgusts 3421
Lake TahoeUnited States
29 km/h18 mph WSWgusts 3723- Flathead LakeUnited States 28 km/h17 mph SWgusts 3321
- Lake SiljanSweden 27 km/h17 mph Sgusts 3622
Loch NessUnited Kingdom
25 km/h16 mph SSWgusts 4830
Lake MeredithUnited States
25 km/h15 mph SWgusts 3521- Palo Duro ReservoirUnited States 24 km/h15 mph SSWgusts 3622
- Mackenzie ReservoirUnited States 24 km/h15 mph SWgusts 3924
- UllswaterUnited Kingdom 22 km/h14 mph SWgusts 4528
- White River ReservoirUnited States 21 km/h13 mph SSWgusts 2616
Lake SaimaaFinland
20 km/h13 mph SSWgusts 3622
Lake BrownwoodUnited States
20 km/h12 mph Sgusts 2415
Coniston WaterUnited Kingdom
20 km/h12 mph SWgusts 4528
Proctor LakeUnited States
20 km/h12 mph SSEgusts 2315
Lake HuronUnited States / Canada
20 km/h12 mph ESEgusts 2012
Loch LomondUnited Kingdom
19 km/h12 mph SWgusts 3220
Lake Alan HenryUnited States
19 km/h12 mph SSWgusts 2616- Lake CiscoUnited States 19 km/h12 mph Sgusts 2214
- Greenbelt LakeUnited States 19 km/h12 mph Sgusts 2918
DerwentwaterUnited Kingdom
19 km/h12 mph WSWgusts 4226
Lake SkadarMontenegro / Albania
19 km/h12 mph NNWgusts 3723- Lake J.B. ThomasUnited States 18 km/h11 mph Sgusts 2415
- Leon ReservoirUnited States 18 km/h11 mph Sgusts 2214
Calmest
Paddling, swimming, and fishing from a boat
Inle LakeMyanmar
0 km/h0 mph NWgusts 53
AmmerseeGermany
1 km/h0 mph WSWgusts 21- Lake LauerzSwitzerland 1 km/h0 mph ENEgusts 22
Lake StarnbergGermany
1 km/h1 mph NNWgusts 21
Lake BledSlovenia
1 km/h1 mph Wgusts 43
KochelseeGermany
2 km/h1 mph WSWgusts 21
Lake CaldonazzoItaly
2 km/h1 mph SSEgusts 32
StaffelseeGermany
2 km/h1 mph Ngusts 22
Lake ThunSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph Wgusts 64
Faaker SeeAustria
2 km/h1 mph ENEgusts 32- Obertrumer SeeAustria 2 km/h1 mph ENEgusts 32
- Lake ConstanceGermany / Switzerland / Austria 2 km/h1 mph Wgusts 32
Lake HallwilSwitzerland
2 km/h1 mph SEgusts 32- Lake PowellUnited States 2 km/h1 mph SEgusts 64
Lake GruyèreSwitzerland
3 km/h2 mph SEgusts 42- Lake ZellAustria 3 km/h2 mph SSEgusts 32
Lake SilvaplanaSwitzerland
3 km/h2 mph Ngusts 42- IrrseeAustria 3 km/h2 mph SSEgusts 42
Lake JindabyneAustralia
3 km/h2 mph NWgusts 74- Lake MeadUnited States 3 km/h2 mph Ngusts 96
Emerald LakeCanada
3 km/h2 mph WSWgusts 138- Elephant Butte LakeUnited States 3 km/h2 mph SEgusts 149
- GreifenseeSwitzerland 3 km/h2 mph SSWgusts 42
- Lake KivuRwanda / DR Congo 3 km/h2 mph ESEgusts 95
- Houston County LakeUnited States 3 km/h2 mph SEgusts 74
Wind speed 10 m above the surface, from Open-Meteo forecasts.