Lake Ontario, United States and Canada

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Lake Ontario today

Lake Ontario right now: the water is 12 °C54 °F, there's a light breeze from the south at 8 km/h5 mph and it's 9 °C48 °F and overcast.

Updated 13:17 local time, Wednesday 11 November

Photo: NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
12 °C54 °F
Measured, less than an hour ago.
Wind now
8 km/h5 mph
From the south, gusts 10 km/h6 mph. 4 knots, a light breeze.
Air
9 °C48 °F
Overcast.
Water level
74.70 m245.09 ft
Above sea level (IGLD 1985). NOAA, less than an hour ago.

Good for today?

Rules of thumb from the current wind and water temperature. Conditions differ across the lake, so check on the spot.

  • SwimmingCold – wetsuit weather
  • 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.

13:0085gusts 96 SSE
16:0021gusts 85 SSW
19:0064gusts 85 E
22:003019gusts 3220 NE
01:003622gusts 3924 ENE
04:003823gusts 4126 NE
07:004226gusts 4729 NE
10:004025gusts 4830 NE

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today11 Nov
Foggy
Foggy 10 °C50 °F / 5 °C41 °F3019 NE3220 37%
Tomorrow12 Nov
Drizzle
Drizzle 7 °C44 °F / 3 °C38 °F4327 NE4930 56%
Friday13 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 6 °C42 °F / -1 °C31 °F3421 N3623 19%
Saturday14 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 6 °C43 °F / 0 °C32 °F2213 NNW3220 6%

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