Possum Kingdom Lake today

Possum Kingdom Lake right now: the lake is 87.1% full, there's a light breeze from the southeast at 9 km/h5 mph and it's 24 °C76 °F and clear sky.

Updated 08:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

Photo: Mark Quadling, Henley Quadling, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature

Not measured yet

We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.

Wind now

9 km/h5 mph

From the southeast, gusts 16 km/h10 mph. 5 knots, a light breeze.

Air

24 °C76 °F

Clear sky.

How full

87.1%

A little below normal for this date. 303.25 m994.91 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 1 hour ago.

Possum Kingdom Lake water level today

Possum Kingdom Lake is a little below normal for 12 September: 303.25 m994.91 ft against a median of 303.39 m995.38 ft for this date, measured over 80 years (1947–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 295.23 m968.60 ft to 304.73 m999.78 ft.

Possum Kingdom Lake is 87.1% full, at 303.25 m994.91 ft above sea level, against a full level of 304.5 m999.0 ft. That's 578.3 million m³468,811 acre-feet of water out of 663.8 million m³538,139 acre-feet.

How full	87.1%
Water level	303.25 m994.91 ft
Level when full	304.5 m999.0 ft
Below full by	1.25 m4.09 ft
Water stored	578.3 million m³468,811 acre-feet
Median for 12 September	303.39 m995.38 ft
Difference from normal	Down 0.14 m0.47 ft
Range on this date	295.23 m968.60 ft to 304.73 m999.78 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 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.

08:0085gusts 1711 SE

11:00127gusts 1711 SSW

14:00159gusts 1811 SE

17:001912gusts 2415 SE

20:00159gusts 2817 SE

23:001610gusts 3220 SSE

02:00128gusts 2415 SSE

05:0074gusts 2013 SSE

Four-day forecast

Day	Weather	High / low	Wind	Gusts	Rain
Today12 Sep Clear sky	Clear sky	38 °C101 °F / 23 °C73 °F	2013 SSE	3521	0%
Tomorrow13 Sep Overcast	Overcast	36 °C98 °F / 25 °C77 °F	2213 SSE	3421	1%
Monday14 Sep Partly cloudy	Partly cloudy	40 °C103 °F / 27 °C81 °F	2817 S	5031	1%
Tuesday15 Sep Overcast	Overcast	40 °C104 °F / 27 °C80 °F	2516 S	5232	0%

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