Reservoir · United States
Chautauqua Lake
Chautauqua
Lake in Chautauqua County, New York, USA
- Area
- 53.3km²
- Average depth
- 2.7m
- Elevation
- 399m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 81km
- Volume
- 0.144km³
Chautauqua Lake is a reservoir in United States. It covers 53.3 km². On average it is 2.7 m deep. Its surface lies 399 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Chautauqua Lake?
The water is warmest in July, around 24 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 89 days a year, from around 11 December to 9 March.
On the shore, afternoons reach 26 °C on average in July and -2 °C in January. The driest month is February (61 mm of rain), the wettest October (107 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (94 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 | Ice | — | -2 | -8 | 71 | 15 | 2.1 | 14 |
| February | Ice | — | 0 | -8 | 61 | 11 | 3.2 | 14 |
| March | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 72 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 |
| April | 8 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 84 | 14 | 5.8 | 10 |
| May | 15 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 98 | 14 | 7.1 | 8 |
| June | 21 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 100 | 15 | 8.2 | 7 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 103 | 15 | 8.5 | 6 |
| August | 24 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 86 | 14 | 7.9 | 6 |
| September | 21 | 23 | 23 | 11 | 93 | 13 | 6.7 | 7 |
| October | 14 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 107 | 14 | 4.0 | 9 |
| November | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 80 | 14 | 2.7 | 10 |
| December | Ice | — | 1 | -5 | 84 | 15 | 1.1 | 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 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 480 km² of land.
- About 6.2 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 3.1 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Chautauqua Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 5beaches and swimming spots
Public Swimmming Beach (Seasonal), The Landing - Private Lake Club
- 4campsites
Camp Merz, Camp Prendergast, Wildwood Acres
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Bemus Bay Water Toys
- 20marinas and slipways
Lucille Ball Memorial Park Boat Launch, Bemus Point Boat Launch, Prendergast Point Boat Launch, McCrea Point Park Boat Launch, Long Point Boat Launch and 15 more
- 2ferry piers
Stow Ferry Landing, Bemus Point Ferry Landing
- 1viewpoints
- 34hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Athenaeum Hotel, Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua, The Englewood & Treehouse, Carey Cottage Inn, Heather's Inn and 29 more
- 1fishing spots
seasonal fishing dock
- 60restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Jamestown30,075 people
- Lakewood2,914 people
- Jamestown West2,408 people
- Mayville1,669 people
- Celoron1,070 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Erie International Tom Ridge Field (ERI), 66 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 | -1.5 | -0.4 | 4.9 | 12.4 | 18.9 | 23.4 | 26.2 | 26.0 | 22.6 | 14.6 | 7.7 | 1.3 |
| 2020 | +3.3 | +0.9 | +3.6 | −2.6 | −2.6 | +0.9 | +2.3 | +1.5 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +2.4 | ±0.0 |
| 2021 | +0.9 | −1.8 | +4.0 | +0.5 | −0.6 | +2.6 | −1.1 | +1.1 | −0.1 | +3.6 | −1.4 | +3.2 |
| 2022 | −1.9 | +0.5 | +1.8 | −1.3 | +1.4 | +0.4 | +1.2 | +0.9 | −1.2 | −0.3 | +0.9 | −0.1 |
| 2023 | +3.5 | +4.3 | −0.5 | +2.3 | −0.3 | −0.6 | +0.5 | −1.0 | +0.4 | +1.0 | −0.2 | +3.7 |
| 2024 | +1.3 | +4.2 | +2.9 | +1.6 | +2.2 | +1.3 | +1.7 | +0.5 | +1.7 | +2.3 | +2.1 | +0.3 |
| 2025 | −2.5 | −1.2 | +4.0 | +0.8 | −1.5 | +1.3 | +2.3 | +0.8 | +2.0 | +1.5 | −1.3 | −1.9 |
+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 (Q1068465) · 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.
