Water report · Lake Sammamish
Below normal for late September, and holding this week. Above 11% of past September 23s on record.
Updated 1:15 AM UTC, Sep 23
25.74 ft puts Lake Sammamish in the 11th percentile for September 23, against 29 years of record.
The median for this date is 25.98 ft, and half of all September 23s on record fell between 25.83 and 26.11.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Sammamish held between 25.74 and 25.76 ft, lowest on Sep 20 and highest on Sep 17.
That is 0.02 ft lower than on Sep 17.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Sammamish held between 25.64 and 25.76 ft, lowest on Aug 28 and highest on Sep 17.
That is 0.01 ft higher than on Aug 25.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Sammamish held between 25.64 and 26.19 ft, lowest on Aug 28 and highest on Jun 26.
That is 0.45 ft lower than on Jun 26.
Over the last 12 months, Lake Sammamish held between 25.61 and 29.00 ft, lowest on Sep 28 and highest on Nov 18.
That is 0.10 ft higher than on Sep 23.
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 12122000, SAMMAMISH LAKE NEAR REDMOND, WA, 2.1 miles from the center of Lake Sammamish. 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 12122000, SAMMAMISH LAKE NEAR REDMOND, WA, 2.1 miles from the center of Lake Sammamish. 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.
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