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Lake Chelan water level

Water report·at Chelan2h ago
1,098.92ftNormal

Near normal for early September, and dropping this week. Above 39% of past September 2s on record.

Updated 7:15 PM UTC, Sep 2

Lake Chelan water level history

Sep 2typical 1,098.58 to 1,099.55 ft
1,098.92ft

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Aug 27Aug 30Sep 2
Sep 2typical 1,098.58 to 1,099.55 ft
1,098.92ft

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Aug 4Aug 18Sep 2
Sep 2typical 1,098.58 to 1,099.55 ft
1,098.92ft

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Jun 5Jul 19Sep 2
Sep 2typical 1,098.58 to 1,099.55 ft
1,098.92ft

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Sep 2Mar 4Sep 2

What this means

1,098.92 ft puts Lake Chelan in the 39th percentile for September 2, against 98 years of record.

The median for this date is 1,099.20 ft, and half of all September 2s on record fell between 1,098.58 and 1,099.55.

Over the last 7 days, Lake Chelan held between 1,098.92 and 1,099.13 ft, lowest on Sep 2 and highest on Aug 27.

That is 0.21 ft lower than on Aug 27.

Over the last 30 days, Lake Chelan held between 1,098.92 and 1,099.33 ft, lowest on Sep 2 and highest on Aug 14.

That is 0.32 ft lower than on Aug 4.

Over the last 90 days, Lake Chelan held between 1,097.96 and 1,099.50 ft, lowest on Jun 13 and highest on Jul 13.

That is 0.95 ft higher than on Jun 5.

Over the last 12 months, Lake Chelan held between 1,089.39 and 1,099.50 ft, lowest on Mar 17 and highest on Jul 13.

That is 0.22 ft lower than on Sep 2.

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 12452000, LAKE CHELAN AT CHELAN, WA, 19.5 miles from the center of Lake Chelan. 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 12452000, LAKE CHELAN AT CHELAN, WA, 19.5 miles from the center of Lake Chelan. 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.

Lake Chelan 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 Chelan record book