Lake Houston today

Lake Houston right now: the lake is 100% full, there's a light breeze from the south at 6 km/h4 mph and it's 27 °C81 °F and mainly clear.

Updated 08:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

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

Water temperature

Not measured yet

We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.

Wind now

6 km/h4 mph

From the south, gusts 23 km/h14 mph. 4 knots, a light breeze.

Air

27 °C81 °F

Mainly clear.

How full

100.0%

Right about normal for this date. 12.97 m42.55 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 1 hour ago.

Lake Houston water level today

Lake Houston is right about normal for 12 September: 12.97 m42.55 ft against a median of 12.98 m42.57 ft for this date, measured over 31 years (1996–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 11.09 m36.37 ft to 14.63 m47.99 ft.

Lake Houston is 100.0% full, at 12.97 m42.55 ft above sea level, against a full level of 12.9 m42.4 ft. That's 163.2 million m³132,318 acre-feet of water out of 163.2 million m³132,318 acre-feet.

How full	100.0%
Water level	12.97 m42.55 ft
Level when full	12.9 m42.4 ft
Below full by	-0.05 m-0.17 ft
Water stored	163.2 million m³132,318 acre-feet
Median for 12 September	12.98 m42.57 ft
Difference from normal	Down 0.01 m0.02 ft
Range on this date	11.09 m36.37 ft to 14.63 m47.99 ft
Reading from	1 hour ago

Source: Texas Water Development Board. 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.

08:0053gusts 117 SSE

11:0096gusts 1912 S

14:001710gusts 2314 SE

17:002012gusts 3521 SE

20:00138gusts 3119 SSE

23:0085gusts 2515 S

02:0064gusts 149 SE

05:0064gusts 138 SE

Four-day forecast

Day	Weather	High / low	Wind	Gusts	Rain
Today12 Sep Overcast	Overcast	32 °C90 °F / 25 °C78 °F	2113 SSE	3622	11%
Tomorrow13 Sep Overcast	Overcast	33 °C92 °F / 25 °C76 °F	1912 SSE	2717	14%
Monday14 Sep Mainly clear	Mainly clear	36 °C96 °F / 25 °C78 °F	2314 SSE	2616	31%
Tuesday15 Sep Overcast	Overcast	35 °C95 °F / 25 °C78 °F	2113 SSE	2616	22%

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