Lake Champlain, United States and Canada

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Lake Champlain today

Lake Champlain right now: the water is 19 °C67 °F, there's a moderate breeze from the south at 23 km/h14 mph and it's 12 °C53 °F and mainly clear.

Updated 09:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

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

Water temperature
19 °C67 °F
Measured, less than an hour ago.
Wind now
23 km/h14 mph
From the south, gusts 27 km/h17 mph. 12 knots, a moderate breeze.
Air
12 °C53 °F
Mainly clear.
Water level
28.75 m94.32 ft
A little below normal for this date. Above sea level (NGVD 1929), down 0.03 m0.09 ft over 7 days. USGS, less than an hour ago.

Lake Champlain water level today

Lake Champlain is a little below normal for 12 September: 28.75 m94.32 ft against a median of 29.03 m95.25 ft for this date, measured over 31 years (1996–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 28.58 m93.77 ft to 30.03 m98.54 ft.

Water level28.75 m94.32 ft
Median for 12 September29.03 m95.25 ft
Difference from normalDown 0.28 m0.93 ft
Range on this date28.58 m93.77 ft to 30.03 m98.54 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.

  • SwimmingPleasant for a swim
  • Kayak and paddleboardToo windy for most paddlers
  • SailingGood sailing breeze
  • Windsurf and kiteEnough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

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

09:002213gusts 2616 SSE
12:003220gusts 3924 SSE
15:002918gusts 4427 SSE
18:002616gusts 4327 SSE
21:002113gusts 2616 SSE
00:002918gusts 3924 SSE
03:004427gusts 5937 SSE
06:003924gusts 5132 S

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today12 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 21 °C70 °F / 11 °C51 °F3220 SSE4427 1%
Tomorrow13 Sep
Light showers
Light showers 22 °C72 °F / 18 °C64 °F4427 SSE5937 44%
Monday14 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 19 °C66 °F / 12 °C54 °F2616 NNW3421 18%
Tuesday15 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 22 °C72 °F / 8 °C46 °F2616 S4628 15%

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