Lake Chelan, United States

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Lake Chelan today

Lake Chelan right now: there's a gentle breeze from the southwest at 13 km/h8 mph and it's 12 °C54 °F and overcast.

Updated 06:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

Photo: David Ansley, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
13 km/h8 mph
From the southwest, gusts 17 km/h11 mph. 7 knots, a gentle breeze.
Air
12 °C54 °F
Overcast.
Water level
334.84 m1098.57 ft
A little below normal for this date. Reservoir surface elevation, down 0.09 m0.29 ft over 7 days. USGS, 1 hour ago.

Lake Chelan water level today

Lake Chelan is a little below normal for 12 September: 334.84 m1098.57 ft against a median of 334.93 m1098.84 ft for this date, measured over 31 years (1996–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 334.68 m1098.02 ft to 335.19 m1099.70 ft.

Water level334.84 m1098.57 ft
Median for 12 September334.93 m1098.84 ft
Difference from normalDown 0.08 m0.27 ft
Range on this date334.68 m1098.02 ft to 335.19 m1099.70 ft
Reading from1 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.

  • SwimmingNo water temperature yet
  • 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.

06:00149gusts 1711 SSW
09:00106gusts 1610 SSE
12:00148gusts 2013 SE
15:00149gusts 1912 SE
18:00117gusts 1912 SSE
21:0095gusts 2214 NW
00:002113gusts 3019 SE
03:001610gusts 3622 NNW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today12 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 19 °C66 °F / 11 °C53 °F159 S2314 8%
Tomorrow13 Sep
Rain
Rain 13 °C55 °F / 7 °C44 °F2113 NW3622 76%
Monday14 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 18 °C65 °F / 4 °C39 °F107 WNW1610 5%
Tuesday15 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 17 °C62 °F / 6 °C42 °F85 N106 11%

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