Water report · Priest Lake
Well above normal for mid September. Above 91% of past September 12s on record.
Updated 11:15 AM UTC, Sep 12
3.30 ft puts Priest Lake in the 91st percentile for September 12, against 85 years of record.
The median for this date is 3.01 ft, and half of all September 12s on record fell between 2.95 and 3.08.
Over the last 7 days, Priest Lake held between 3.37 and 3.39 ft, lowest on Aug 7 and highest on Aug 6.
It is back where it was on Aug 6.
Over the last 30 days, Priest Lake held between 3.37 and 3.52 ft, lowest on Aug 7 and highest on Jul 14.
That is 0.13 ft lower than on Jul 14.
Over the last 90 days, Priest Lake held between 3.28 and 3.91 ft, lowest on May 18 and highest on May 28.
That is 0.09 ft higher than on May 15.
Over the last 12 months, Priest Lake held between 0.53 and 3.91 ft, lowest on Nov 3 and highest on May 28.
That is 0.19 ft higher than on Sep 11.
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 12393000, PRIEST LAKE AT OUTLET NR COOLIN ID, 5.7 miles from the center of Priest Lake. 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 12393000, PRIEST LAKE AT OUTLET NR COOLIN ID, 5.7 miles from the center of Priest Lake. 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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