Lake Erie, United States and Canada

Lakes / North America / United States

Lake Erie today

Lake Erie right now: the water is 24 °C74 °F, there's a moderate breeze from the southeast at 24 km/h15 mph and it's 20 °C69 °F and mainly clear.

Updated 08:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

Photo: NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
24 °C74 °F
Measured, less than an hour ago.
Wind now
24 km/h15 mph
From the southeast, gusts 28 km/h17 mph. 13 knots, a moderate breeze.
Air
20 °C69 °F
Mainly clear.
Water level
174.38 m572.10 ft
Above sea level (IGLD 1985). NOAA, less than an hour ago.

Good for today?

Rules of thumb from the current wind and water temperature. Conditions differ across the lake, so check on the spot.

  • SwimmingWarm – comfortable swimming
  • 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.

08:002314gusts 2817 SE
11:002113gusts 2516 SSE
14:00149gusts 2213 SSW
17:001912gusts 3018 SSW
20:002616gusts 3321 SW
23:002717gusts 3823 SSW
02:003019gusts 3623 SW
05:003019gusts 3622 WSW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today12 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 23 °C74 °F / 20 °C68 °F2818 S3824 12%
Tomorrow13 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 23 °C74 °F / 18 °C64 °F4327 W4629 28%
Monday14 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 18 °C65 °F / 15 °C58 °F3421 NE3622 28%
Tuesday15 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 23 °C73 °F / 16 °C61 °F3522 S4125 51%

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