Water report · Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain water level
Near normal for mid August, and holding this week. Above 56% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 6:00 PM UTC, Aug 13
Lake Champlain water level history
What this means
95.24 ft puts Lake Champlain in the 56th percentile for August 13, against 120 years of record.
The median for this date is 95.03 ft, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 94.52 and 95.88.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Champlain held between 95.25 and 95.30 ft, lowest on Aug 10 and highest on Aug 7.
That is 0.04 ft lower than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Champlain held between 95.25 and 96.34 ft, lowest on Aug 10 and highest on Jul 14.
That is 1.09 ft lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Champlain held between 95.25 and 97.63 ft, lowest on Aug 10 and highest on May 18.
That is 2.20 ft lower than on May 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 0.70 ft higher than on Aug 12.
On this water
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 centre 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.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 04294500, LAKE CHAMPLAIN AT BURLINGTON, VT, 9.0 miles from the centre of Lake Champlain. It reports water temperature and 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.
Lake Champlain fishing records
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 Lake Champlain record book