Water report · Cayuga Lake
Well above normal for early September, and holding this week. Above 90% of past September 2s on record.
Updated 7:00 PM UTC, Sep 2
382.51 ft puts Cayuga Lake in the 90th percentile for September 2, against 70 years of record.
The median for this date is 382.08 ft, and half of all September 2s on record fell between 381.85 and 382.32.
Over the last 7 days, Cayuga Lake held between 382.45 and 382.63 ft, lowest on Aug 27 and highest on Sep 1.
That is 0.06 ft higher than on Aug 27.
Over the last 30 days, Cayuga Lake held between 382.41 and 382.67 ft, lowest on Aug 22 and highest on Aug 9.
That is 0.13 ft lower than on Aug 4.
Over the last 90 days, Cayuga Lake held between 382.41 and 382.84 ft, lowest on Aug 22 and highest on Jul 19.
That is 0.02 ft higher than on Jun 5.
Over the last 12 months, Cayuga Lake held between 378.67 and 384.16 ft, lowest on Feb 16 and highest on Apr 7.
That is 0.10 ft higher than on Sep 2.
No member has posted conditions here lately. The gauge says what the water is doing; an angler who was standing in it says what that felt like.
Post a reportUSGS monitoring location 04233500, CAYUGA INLET (CAYUGA LAKE) AT ITHACA NY, 19.3 miles from the center of Cayuga Lake. Provisional data, subject to revision. Values refresh every 30 minutes. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 04233500, CAYUGA INLET (CAYUGA LAKE) AT ITHACA NY, 19.3 miles from the center of Cayuga Lake. It reports reservoir elevation. Values refresh every 30 minutes and are provisional until the agency reviews them. Readings describe the reservoir at the gauge; a shallow arm miles upstream will not match them.
The gauge is half the picture. The other half is what came out of the water: verified catches, the current record, and the anglers holding it.
See the Cayuga Lake record book