Lake Chelan, United States

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Lake Chelan today

Lake Chelan right now: there's a gentle breeze from the south at 12 km/h8 mph and it's 11 °C52 °F and overcast.

Updated 10:17 local time, Wednesday 11 November

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
12 km/h8 mph
From the south, gusts 22 km/h13 mph. 7 knots, a gentle breeze.
Air
11 °C52 °F
Overcast.
Water level
332.83 m1091.96 ft
Below normal for this date. Reservoir surface elevation, down 0.31 m1.02 ft over 7 days. USGS, 1 hour ago.

Lake Chelan water level today

Lake Chelan is below normal for 11 November: 332.83 m1091.96 ft against a median of 333.60 m1094.48 ft for this date, measured over 30 years (1996–2026). That is the lowest level recorded on this date.

Water level332.83 m1091.96 ft
Median for 11 November333.60 m1094.48 ft
Difference from normalDown 0.77 m2.52 ft
Range on this date332.86 m1092.05 ft to 334.55 m1097.59 ft
Reading from1 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 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.

10:00127gusts 2113 S
13:00127gusts 2013 SSE
16:00117gusts 1912 S
19:00159gusts 2013 SSW
22:00107gusts 106 SW
01:00106gusts 1610 S
04:00148gusts 1912 S
07:00159gusts 2415 S

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today11 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 12 °C54 °F / 7 °C45 °F1610 S2113 2%
Tomorrow12 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 12 °C53 °F / 8 °C47 °F1510 S2415 1%
Friday13 Nov
Drizzle
Drizzle 10 °C50 °F / 3 °C37 °F1811 ESE2717 65%
Saturday14 Nov
Light rain
Light rain 7 °C45 °F / 2 °C36 °F85 SSE95 40%

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