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Inks Lake today

Inks Lake right now: the lake is 95.6% full, there's a light breeze from the northwest at 9 km/h5 mph and it's 20 °C68 °F and mainly clear.

Updated 12:17 local time, Wednesday 11 November

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
9 km/h5 mph
From the northwest, gusts 14 km/h9 mph. 5 knots, a light breeze.
Air
20 °C68 °F
Mainly clear.
How full
95.6%
Right about normal for this date. 270.43 m887.24 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 6 hours ago.

Inks Lake water level today

Inks Lake is right about normal for 11 November: 270.43 m887.24 ft against a median of 270.47 m887.38 ft for this date, measured over 50 years (1966–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 268.03 m879.37 ft to 270.82 m888.52 ft.

Inks Lake is 95.6% full, at 270.43 m887.24 ft above sea level, against a full level of 270.7 m888.0 ft. That's 16.2 million m³13,124 acre-feet of water out of 16.9 million m³13,729 acre-feet.

How full95.6%
Water level270.43 m887.24 ft
Level when full270.7 m888.0 ft
Below full by0.23 m0.76 ft
Water stored16.2 million m³13,124 acre-feet
Median for 11 November270.47 m887.38 ft
Difference from normalDown 0.04 m0.14 ft
Range on this date268.03 m879.37 ft to 270.82 m888.52 ft
Reading from6 hours ago

Source: Texas Water Development Board. 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 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.

12:0095gusts 149 WNW
15:0085gusts 117 NNW
18:0075gusts 1912 NNW
21:0011gusts 32 SE
00:0043gusts 43 E
03:0053gusts 53 E
06:0053gusts 53 NNW
09:0042gusts 127 N

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today11 Nov
Foggy
Foggy 22 °C71 °F / 14 °C57 °F107 NW1912 0%
Tomorrow12 Nov
Foggy
Foggy 22 °C71 °F / 12 °C53 °F95 N1610 0%
Friday13 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 24 °C76 °F / 12 °C53 °F138 SSE2818 0%
Saturday14 Nov
Showers
Showers 16 °C61 °F / 12 °C54 °F2918 ESE4528 19%

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