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Lake Tahoe water level

Water report·LAKE TAHOE A TAHOE CITY CA2h ago
7.43ftNormal

Near normal for early September. Above 64% of past September 2s on record.

Updated 7:00 PM UTC, Sep 2

Lake Tahoe water level history

Aug 12typical 4.27 to 8.41 ft
7.86ft

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Aug 6Aug 9Aug 12
Aug 12typical 4.27 to 8.41 ft
7.86ft

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Jul 14Jul 28Aug 12
Aug 12typical 4.27 to 8.41 ft
7.86ft

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May 15Jun 28Aug 12
Aug 12typical 4.27 to 8.41 ft
7.86ft

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Sep 1Feb 20Aug 12

What this means

7.43 ft puts Lake Tahoe in the 64th percentile for September 2, against 68 years of record.

The median for this date is 6.61 ft, and half of all September 2s on record fell between 3.92 and 8.07.

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 0.32 ft higher than on Sep 1.

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 10337000, LAKE TAHOE A TAHOE CITY CA, 7.4 miles from the center 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 center 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