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Lake Champlain water level

Water report·at Burlington3h ago
94.09ftNormal

Near normal for late September, and holding this week. Above 28% of past September 22s on record.

Updated 8:00 PM UTC, Sep 22

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Lake Champlain water level history

Sep 22typical 94.03 to 95.22 ft
94.09ft

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Sep 16Sep 19Sep 22
Sep 22typical 94.03 to 95.22 ft
94.09ft

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Aug 24Sep 7Sep 22
Sep 22typical 94.03 to 95.22 ft
94.09ft

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Jun 25Aug 8Sep 22
Sep 22typical 94.03 to 95.22 ft
94.09ft

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Sep 22Mar 24Sep 22

What this means

94.09 ft puts Lake Champlain in the 28th percentile for September 22, against 119 years of record.

The median for this date is 94.58 ft, and half of all September 22s on record fell between 94.03 and 95.22.

Over the last 7 days, Lake Champlain held between 94.08 and 94.20 ft, lowest on Sep 21 and highest on Sep 17.

That is 0.10 ft lower than on Sep 16.

Over the last 30 days, Lake Champlain held between 94.08 and 94.82 ft, lowest on Sep 21 and highest on Aug 24.

That is 0.73 ft lower than on Aug 24.

Over the last 90 days, Lake Champlain held between 94.08 and 97.48 ft, lowest on Sep 21 and highest on Jun 25.

That is 3.39 ft lower than on Jun 25.

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 0.55 ft higher than on Sep 22.

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.

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USGS 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.

About this gauge

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.

Lake Champlain fishing records

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