Water report · Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe water level
Near normal for mid August, and holding this week. Above 66% of past August 13s on record.
Updated 6:00 PM UTC, Aug 13
Lake Tahoe water level history
What this means
7.84 ft puts Lake Tahoe in the 66th percentile for August 13, against 69 years of record.
The median for this date is 6.90 ft, and half of all August 13s on record fell between 4.26 and 8.40.
Over the last 7 days, Lake Tahoe held between 7.86 and 7.95 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Aug 6.
That is 0.09 ft lower than on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Lake Tahoe held between 7.86 and 8.28 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on Jul 14.
That is 0.42 ft lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Lake Tahoe held between 7.86 and 8.72 ft, lowest on Aug 12 and highest on May 17.
That is 0.85 ft lower than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Lake Tahoe held between 6.62 and 8.72 ft, lowest on Nov 9 and highest on May 12.
That is 0.09 ft higher 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 10337000, LAKE TAHOE A TAHOE CITY CA, 7.4 miles from the centre of Lake Tahoe. 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 10337000, LAKE TAHOE A TAHOE CITY CA, 7.4 miles from the centre of Lake Tahoe. 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 Tahoe 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 Tahoe record book