Water report · Lake Minnetonka
Lake Minnetonka water level
Near normal for mid August, and holding this week. Above 37% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 5:00 PM UTC, Aug 13
Lake Minnetonka water level history
What this means
928.72 ft puts Lake Minnetonka in the 37th percentile for August 13, against 11 years of record.
The median for this date is 929.07 ft, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 928.39 and 929.38.
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 929.60 ft, lowest on Nov 23 and highest on Aug 19.
That is 0.67 ft lower 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 05289000, LAKE MINNETONKA ABV GRAYS BAY OTLT IN MINNETONKA, 3.2 miles from the centre 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.
About this gauge
Readings come from USGS monitoring location 05289000, LAKE MINNETONKA ABV GRAYS BAY OTLT IN MINNETONKA, 3.2 miles from the centre 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.
Lake Minnetonka 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 Minnetonka record book