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Onondaga Lake water level today

Lake in Onondaga County, New York

363.09ft
110.67 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Normal for the date
24 hours
▲ 0.01 ft
7 days
▲ 0.21 ft
30 days
▼ 0.11 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
363.18 ft

What this means

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 7 of the last 10 years.

The lake has risen 0.21 ft in 7 days and fallen 0.11 ft in 30 days.

Since 1970, the lowest daily level was 361.59 ft (Mar 1978) and the highest 369.77 ft (Apr 1993).

Onondaga Lake level chart

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Measured Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)

Same date in past years

DateLevelvs today
Oct 21, 2025363.27 ft▲ 0.18 ft
Oct 21, 2024363.18 ft▲ 0.09 ft
Oct 21, 2023363.31 ft▲ 0.22 ft
Oct 21, 2022362.77 ft▼ 0.32 ft
Oct 21, 2021364.13 ft▲ 1.04 ft
Oct 21, 2020363.34 ft▲ 0.25 ft
Oct 21, 2019364.04 ft▲ 0.95 ft
Oct 20, 2018363.08 ft▼ 0.01 ft
Oct 21, 2017363.02 ft▼ 0.07 ft
Oct 21, 2016364.29 ft▲ 1.20 ft

Records & details

Highest
369.77 ft on Apr 27, 1993
Lowest
361.59 ft on Mar 12, 1978
Records from
1970 (56 years of daily data)
Water temperature
Not measured here

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon59°F · Sunny
Wind N 5 mph
Tonight35°F · Mostly Clear
Wind W 0 to 5 mph
Thursday61°F · Partly Sunny
Wind NW 1 to 9 mph
Thursday Night34°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind N 1 to 7 mph
Friday56°F · Sunny
Wind N 0 to 3 mph
Friday Night32°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind N 2 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 2 h ago.

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