Lake Minnetonka, United States

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Lake Minnetonka today

Lake Minnetonka right now: there's a gentle breeze from the north at 20 km/h12 mph and it's 11 °C52 °F and partly cloudy.

Updated 12:17 local time, Wednesday 11 November

Photo: Tyler Vigen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
20 km/h12 mph
From the north, gusts 29 km/h18 mph. 11 knots, a gentle breeze.
Air
11 °C52 °F
Partly cloudy.
Water level
282.98 m928.40 ft
Right about normal for this date. Gauge height, measured from the gauge's own zero, not sea level, up 0.05 m0.16 ft over 7 days. USGS, less than an hour ago.

Lake Minnetonka water level today

Lake Minnetonka is right about normal for 11 November: 282.98 m928.40 ft against a median of 283.02 m928.54 ft for this date, measured over 10 years (2016–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 282.66 m927.37 ft to 283.16 m929.01 ft.

Water level282.98 m928.40 ft
Median for 11 November283.02 m928.54 ft
Difference from normalDown 0.04 m0.14 ft
Range on this date282.66 m927.37 ft to 283.16 m929.01 ft
Reading fromless than an 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 kiteMarginal

Wind, next 24 hours

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

12:001811gusts 2918 NNW
15:002314gusts 3119 N
18:002717gusts 4125 NNW
21:002717gusts 4025 N
00:002717gusts 4025 N
03:002616gusts 4528 N
06:002415gusts 3924 N
09:002616gusts 3623 NNE

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today11 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 12 °C53 °F / 4 °C38 °F3119 N4628 24%
Tomorrow12 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 4 °C38 °F / 0 °C33 °F2918 N4528 1%
Friday13 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 4 °C40 °F / -2 °C28 °F1811 N2515 0%
Saturday14 Nov
Clear sky
Clear sky 5 °C42 °F / -2 °C29 °F96 ENE1711 0%

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