Water report · Lake Champlain
Near normal for mid September, and dropping this week. Above 34% of past September 12s on record.
Updated 3:00 PM UTC, Sep 12
94.31 ft puts Lake Champlain in the 34th percentile for September 12, against 119 years of record.
The median for this date is 94.64 ft, and half of all September 12s on record fell between 94.12 and 95.33.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Champlain held between 94.31 and 94.45 ft, lowest on Sep 12 and highest on Sep 6.
That is 0.14 ft lower than on Sep 6.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Champlain held between 94.31 and 95.21 ft, lowest on Sep 12 and highest on Aug 14.
That is 0.90 ft lower than on Aug 14.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Champlain held between 94.31 and 97.51 ft, lowest on Sep 12 and highest on Jun 23.
That is 2.47 ft lower than on Jun 15.
Over the last 12 months, Lake Champlain held between 93.36 and 98.62 ft, lowest on Oct 19 and highest on Apr 20.
That is 0.47 ft higher than on Sep 12.
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 04294500, LAKE CHAMPLAIN AT BURLINGTON, VT, 9.0 miles from the center of Lake Champlain. 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 04294500, LAKE CHAMPLAIN AT BURLINGTON, VT, 9.0 miles from the center of Lake Champlain. It reports reservoir elevation and water temperature. 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.
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