Lake · United States
Canandaigua Lake
Canandaigua
Lake in Ontario County, New York, USA
- Area
- 42.0km²
- Max depth
- 84m
- Average depth
- 44m
- Elevation
- 209m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 55km
- Volume
- 1.8km³
Canandaigua Lake is a lake in United States. It covers 42.0 km². On average it is 44 m deep, and 84 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 209 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Canandaigua Lake?
The water is warmest in August, around 24 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from July to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
On the shore, afternoons reach 28 °C on average in July and -1 °C in January. The driest month is February (56 mm of rain), the wettest October (100 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (51 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 | 2 | 3 | -1 | -8 | 58 | 14 | 2.0 | 14 |
| February | 0 | 0 | 0 | -8 | 56 | 11 | 2.9 | 14 |
| March | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 62 | 12 | 4.8 | 12 |
| April | 5 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 78 | 13 | 5.9 | 11 |
| May | 11 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 85 | 13 | 7.2 | 8 |
| June | 19 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 93 | 14 | 7.8 | 7 |
| July | 24 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 98 | 14 | 8.2 | 7 |
| August | 24 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 86 | 13 | 7.5 | 7 |
| September | 21 | 23 | 24 | 12 | 86 | 12 | 6.5 | 8 |
| October | 16 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 100 | 13 | 3.8 | 9 |
| November | 10 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 69 | 13 | 2.6 | 10 |
| December | 5 | 7 | 2 | -4 | 76 | 13 | 1.3 | 12 |
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 9.8 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 438 km² of land.
- About 6.0 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Canandaigua Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 7beaches and swimming spots
Bristol Harbour Beach, Kershaw Beach, Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area and 4 more
- —campsites
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 10marinas and slipways
Seager Marine, Bristol Harbour Marina, Woodville Boat Launch, Onanda Park Boat Launch, Sutter's and 5 more
- —ferry piers
- 4viewpoints
Upper Falls Overlook, Hemlock Overlook, Lake View Point
- 6hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Lake Real Estate & Vacation Rentals, Super 8 by Wyndham Canandaigua, Lafayette Motel, Holiday Inn Express Canandaigua - Finger Lakes, Hotel Canandaigua, Tapestry Collection by Hilton and 1 more
- 1fishing spots
Woodville Public Access
- 33restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Canandaigua10,431 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC), 47 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 | -0.9 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 12.3 | 19.5 | 24.4 | 27.9 | 27.2 | 23.5 | 15.3 | 8.3 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | +3.0 | +0.6 | +3.5 | −2.2 | −1.8 | +1.8 | +2.4 | +1.0 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | +3.0 | +0.4 |
| 2021 | +0.7 | −2.1 | +4.0 | +1.0 | −0.1 | +3.0 | −2.1 | +1.3 | −0.6 | +2.8 | −0.8 | +2.4 |
| 2022 | −2.0 | +0.6 | +1.3 | −0.6 | +1.7 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +1.0 | −1.6 | +0.7 | +1.5 | +0.2 |
| 2023 | +2.8 | +3.3 | −0.7 | +2.7 | −0.8 | −0.9 | +0.5 | −1.2 | +0.1 | +1.8 | −0.5 | +3.3 |
| 2024 | +1.2 | +4.1 | +3.0 | +1.3 | +2.2 | +2.1 | +1.5 | −0.6 | +1.1 | +2.0 | +1.9 | +0.1 |
| 2025 | −1.6 | −1.3 | +3.9 | +1.0 | −2.0 | +0.8 | +2.2 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +1.4 | −1.1 | −1.9 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More lakes nearby
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| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 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 (Q1032768) · 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.
