Lake Minnetonka, United States

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Lake Minnetonka today

Lake Minnetonka right now: there's a moderate breeze from the northwest at 26 km/h16 mph and it's 16 °C62 °F and clear sky.

Updated 07:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

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
26 km/h16 mph
From the northwest, gusts 48 km/h30 mph. 14 knots, a moderate breeze.
Air
16 °C62 °F
Clear sky.
Water level
282.97 m928.38 ft
A little below normal for this date. Gauge height, measured from the gauge's own zero, not sea level, down 0.02 m0.07 ft over 7 days. USGS, less than an hour ago.

Lake Minnetonka water level today

Lake Minnetonka is a little below normal for 12 September: 282.97 m928.38 ft against a median of 283.18 m929.08 ft for this date, measured over 11 years (2016–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 282.82 m927.88 ft to 283.34 m929.60 ft.

Water level282.97 m928.38 ft
Median for 12 September283.18 m929.08 ft
Difference from normalDown 0.21 m0.70 ft
Range on this date282.82 m927.88 ft to 283.34 m929.60 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 paddleboardToo windy for most paddlers
  • SailingToo windy for small boats
  • Windsurf and kiteEnough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

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

07:002717gusts 4830 NW
10:002415gusts 3723 NW
13:002415gusts 3220 NW
16:002214gusts 3019 NW
19:001711gusts 2616 NW
22:00138gusts 1711 NW
01:00149gusts 1711 N
04:00106gusts 128 NNE

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today12 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 23 °C74 °F / 16 °C62 °F2817 NW5232 31%
Tomorrow13 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 21 °C69 °F / 13 °C55 °F1610 NNW3220 7%
Monday14 Sep
Rain
Rain 18 °C64 °F / 10 °C50 °F3119 SE6238 99%
Tuesday15 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 20 °C69 °F / 12 °C53 °F2214 NW5434 60%

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