Water report · Lake Minnetonka
Near normal for mid September. Above 26% of past September 13s on record.
Updated 6:00 AM UTC, Sep 13
928.35 ft puts Lake Minnetonka in the 26th percentile for September 13, against 10 years of record.
The median for this date is 929.01 ft, and half of all September 13s on record fell between 928.32 and 929.26.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Minnetonka held between 928.75 and 928.86 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Aug 6.
That is 0.11 ft lower than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Minnetonka held between 928.75 and 929.13 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Jul 14.
That is 0.38 ft lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Minnetonka held between 928.75 and 929.22 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Jul 5.
That is 0.40 ft lower than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Lake Minnetonka held between 928.35 and 929.25 ft, lowest on Nov 23 and highest on Apr 28.
That is 0.39 ft lower 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 05289000, LAKE MINNETONKA ABV GRAYS BAY OTLT IN MINNETONKA, 3.2 miles from the center of Lake Minnetonka. 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 05289000, LAKE MINNETONKA ABV GRAYS BAY OTLT IN MINNETONKA, 3.2 miles from the center of Lake Minnetonka. It reports gage height. 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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