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Lake Powell today

Lake Powell right now: there's a light air from the southeast at 4 km/h2 mph and it's 21 °C69 °F and clear sky.

Updated 07:17 local time, Saturday 12 September

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
4 km/h2 mph
From the southeast, gusts 5 km/h3 mph. 2 knots, a light air.
Air
21 °C69 °F
Clear sky.
Water level
1071.98 m3517.00 ft
Well below normal for this date. Above sea level (NGVD 1929), down 0.21 m0.70 ft over 7 days. USGS, less than an hour ago.

Lake Powell water level today

Lake Powell is well below normal for 12 September: 1071.98 m3517.00 ft against a median of 1089.17 m3573.40 ft for this date, measured over 8 years (2019–2026). That is the lowest level recorded on this date.

Water level1071.98 m3517.00 ft
Median for 12 September1089.17 m3573.40 ft
Difference from normalDown 17.19 m56.40 ft
Range on this date1072.01 m3517.10 ft to 1102.55 m3617.30 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 paddleboardGood – calm water
  • SailingVery light wind
  • Windsurf and kiteNot enough wind

Wind, next 24 hours

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

07:0053gusts 64 ESE
10:0042gusts 53 ENE
13:0085gusts 2013 ESE
16:00159gusts 159 SSE
19:001811gusts 3723 S
22:002616gusts 3622 SW
01:0010gusts 11 SSE
04:0000gusts 11 W

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today12 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 35 °C94 °F / 21 °C70 °F2818 SSE4528 7%
Tomorrow13 Sep
Drizzle
Drizzle 35 °C96 °F / 21 °C69 °F3018 SSW3321 37%
Monday14 Sep
Overcast
Overcast 33 °C91 °F / 24 °C76 °F2918 SW3220 17%
Tuesday15 Sep
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 33 °C91 °F / 25 °C76 °F1912 WNW1811 14%

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