Reservoir · Cyprus
Asprokremmos Reservoir
Reservoir on the Asprokremmos river in Cyprus
- Area
- 0.8km²
- Average depth
- 66m
- Elevation
- 58m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 4.8km
- Volume
- 0.051km³
Asprokremmos Reservoir is a reservoir in Cyprus. It covers 0.8 km². On average it is 66 m deep. Its surface lies 58 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Asprokremmos Reservoir?
The water is warmest in August, around 29 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 13 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from May to October: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 28 °C on average in August and 16 °C in January. The driest month is July (3 mm of rain), the wettest December (94 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (218 readings). Shallow bays and beaches are often warmer.
From above
The whole lake from space
Month by month
The year at the lake, month by month
Not a forecast: these are averages over many years. Water is the 2013–2021 average; air, rain, sun and wind are the 1991–2020 average.
Water: 2013–2021 averageClimate: 1991–2020 average
| Month | Water°C | Water high°C | Air high°C | Air low°C | Rainmm | Rainy daysdays | Sunh/day | Windkm/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 94 | 13 | 5.0 | 20 |
| February | 13 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 65 | 11 | 6.2 | 20 |
| March | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 38 | 9 | 8.1 | 18 |
| April | 19 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 6 | 9.6 | 16 |
| May | 23 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 11.1 | 15 |
| June | 27 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 12.7 | 15 |
| July | 29 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 12.4 | 15 |
| August | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 11.3 | 15 |
| September | 27 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 10.3 | 16 |
| October | 24 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 27 | 6 | 8.3 | 14 |
| November | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 46 | 8 | 6.5 | 16 |
| December | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 94 | 13 | 5.2 | 19 |
Water: LakeTEMP (Landsat 8, 2013–2021). Air, rain, sun and wind: NASA POWER, 1991–2020 averages. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. Sunshine hours are derived from measured solar radiation.
Size & depth
How big, how deep
- On average, water stays in the lake for about 11 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 221 km² of land.
- About 1.8 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Asprokremmos Reservoir
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- —campsites
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- —viewpoints
- —hotels, B&Bs and chalets
- —fishing spots
- 2restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Paphos International Airport (PFO), 7 km in a straight line.
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Recent years
How each month compared
Afternoon high on the shore. The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years below show the difference from it: warmer in orange, cooler in blue.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–2020 average | 16.1 | 16.1 | 17.0 | 18.8 | 21.8 | 25.0 | 27.6 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 24.7 | 21.6 | 18.2 |
| 2020 | −0.2 | −0.2 | +0.1 | −0.5 | +0.9 | −1.4 | ±0.0 | +0.4 | +1.6 | +1.3 | +0.5 | +1.3 |
| 2021 | +1.9 | +0.9 | −0.4 | −0.2 | +0.7 | −0.8 | +0.3 | +1.2 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +1.4 | +0.1 |
| 2022 | −0.3 | −0.1 | −2.3 | +0.5 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.4 | −0.5 | +0.5 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +1.7 |
| 2023 | +1.9 | −0.6 | +0.7 | −0.2 | −0.2 | −0.8 | +1.4 | −0.2 | +1.1 | +1.6 | +1.2 | +2.0 |
| 2024 | +1.5 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +2.2 | ±0.0 | +2.5 | +1.1 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +0.7 |
| 2025 | +1.8 | −0.9 | +1.6 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +0.4 | −0.4 | +1.9 | +1.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
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| Water temperature and ice | LakeTEMP v1 (Korver et al. 2024), Landsat 8 2013–2021 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Air, rain, sun, wind | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · public domain |
| Names and description | Wikidata (Q4808219) · CC0 |
| Around the shore | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
