Lake George, United States

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Lake George today

Lake George right now: there's a light breeze from the southwest at 7 km/h4 mph and it's 14 °C58 °F and clear sky.

Updated 09:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

Photo: Hayden Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
7 km/h4 mph
From the southwest, gusts 10 km/h6 mph. 4 knots, a light breeze.
Air
14 °C58 °F
Clear sky.
Water level
97.36 m319.42 ft
Right about normal for this date. Above sea level (NGVD 1929), down 0.02 m0.07 ft over 7 days. USGS, less than an hour ago.

Lake George water level today

Lake George is right about normal for 12 September: 97.36 m319.42 ft against a median of 97.35 m319.39 ft for this date, measured over 31 years (1996–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 97.21 m318.93 ft to 97.60 m320.20 ft.

Water level97.36 m319.42 ft
Median for 12 September97.35 m319.39 ft
Difference from normalUp 0.01 m0.03 ft
Range on this date97.21 m318.93 ft to 97.60 m320.20 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.

  • SwimmingNo water temperature yet
  • Kayak and paddleboardGood – calm water
  • SailingGood sailing breeze
  • Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

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

09:0064gusts 95 SW
12:00106gusts 2415 SW
15:00159gusts 2717 SSW
18:00117gusts 2717 SSW
21:00117gusts 128 WSW
00:001610gusts 2918 SW
03:001711gusts 3623 SSW
06:00149gusts 3220 SSW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today12 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 24 °C74 °F / 9 °C48 °F1711 SW3220 4%
Tomorrow13 Sep
Rain
Rain 25 °C77 °F / 17 °C63 °F1912 SW4226 53%
Monday14 Sep
Drizzle
Drizzle 21 °C70 °F / 9 °C48 °F149 NNW3421 14%
Tuesday15 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 21 °C70 °F / 7 °C44 °F159 SSW3421 4%

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