Waco Lake, United States

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Waco Lake today

Waco Lake right now: the lake is 85.9% full, there's a light breeze from the west at 8 km/h5 mph and it's 23 °C73 °F and clear sky.

Updated 12:17 local time, Wednesday 11 November

Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Water temperature
Not measured yet
We add water temperatures as reliable sources become available.
Wind now
8 km/h5 mph
From the west, gusts 13 km/h8 mph. 4 knots, a light breeze.
Air
23 °C73 °F
Clear sky.
How full
85.9%
Right about normal for this date. 139.89 m458.95 ft above sea level. Texas Water Development Board, 6 hours ago.

Waco Lake water level today

Waco Lake is right about normal for 11 November: 139.89 m458.95 ft against a median of 139.93 m459.10 ft for this date, measured over 31 years (1995–2026). On this date the level has ranged from 137.27 m450.37 ft to 143.93 m472.22 ft.

Waco Lake is 85.9% full, at 139.89 m458.95 ft above sea level, against a full level of 140.9 m462.2 ft. That's 200.1 million m³162,264 acre-feet of water out of 233.0 million m³188,891 acre-feet.

How full85.9%
Water level139.89 m458.95 ft
Level when full140.9 m462.2 ft
Below full by1.00 m3.27 ft
Water stored200.1 million m³162,264 acre-feet
Median for 11 November139.93 m459.10 ft
Difference from normalDown 0.05 m0.15 ft
Range on this date137.27 m450.37 ft to 143.93 m472.22 ft
Reading from6 hours ago

Source: Texas Water Development Board. 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 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.

12:0075gusts 138 WNW
15:00127gusts 149 NW
18:0085gusts 1610 NW
21:0053gusts 128 WSW
00:0096gusts 1710 NNW
03:00106gusts 1711 NNW
06:0095gusts 106 WNW
09:0085gusts 2013 NNW

Four-day forecast

DayWeatherHigh / lowWindGustsRain
Today11 Nov
Foggy
Foggy 24 °C75 °F / 13 °C56 °F127 W1610 1%
Tomorrow12 Nov
Clear sky
Clear sky 23 °C73 °F / 11 °C52 °F1610 NW2817 0%
Friday13 Nov
Overcast
Overcast 24 °C76 °F / 10 °C50 °F149 E2415 0%
Saturday14 Nov
Light drizzle
Light drizzle 20 °C67 °F / 11 °C52 °F2012 ESE3723 11%

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