Reservoir · United States
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
Reservoir in Central Park, New York City, United States
- Area
- 0.3km²
- Average depth
- 3.4m
- Elevation
- 34m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 2.1km
- Volume
- 0.001km³
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir is a reservoir in United States. It covers 0.3 km². On average it is 3.4 m deep. Its surface lies 34 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir?
The water is warmest in July, around 28 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 1 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 29 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is January (81 mm of rain), the wettest October (122 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (132 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -6 | 81 | 10 | 3.8 | 14 |
| February | 1 | 2 | 3 | -5 | 81 | 9 | 4.9 | 14 |
| March | 4 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 100 | 11 | 5.6 | 14 |
| April | 11 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 102 | 11 | 6.5 | 13 |
| May | 19 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 98 | 13 | 6.9 | 10 |
| June | 25 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 117 | 13 | 7.8 | 9 |
| July | 28 | 28 | 29 | 19 | 109 | 13 | 8.5 | 9 |
| August | 27 | 28 | 28 | 18 | 114 | 13 | 7.6 | 9 |
| September | 23 | 25 | 25 | 14 | 105 | 10 | 6.8 | 10 |
| October | 18 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 122 | 9 | 4.8 | 12 |
| November | 11 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 91 | 9 | 4.2 | 12 |
| December | 5 | 7 | 5 | -2 | 116 | 10 | 3.1 | 13 |
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 2.8 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 0 km² of land.
- About 0.0 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- —campsites
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 2marinas and slipways
Bow Bridge Boat Landing
- —ferry piers
- 15viewpoints
Skate Circle and 14 more
- 28hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Belleclaire, Hotel Churchill, Amsterdam Inn, Hotel 99, Night Hotel and 23 more
- 1fishing spots
- 669restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Manhattan1,487,536 people
- Upper West Side226,989 people
- Astoria150,165 people
- Harlem116,345 people
- East Harlem115,921 people
- Morningside Heights55,929 people
- Manhattan Valley38,500 people
- Roosevelt Island11,722 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: LaGuardia Airport (LGA), 8 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 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 7.6 | 14.4 | 20.1 | 25.2 | 28.9 | 28.4 | 24.9 | 17.8 | 11.0 | 5.0 |
| 2020 | +3.1 | +2.1 | +2.9 | −2.1 | −1.6 | +1.2 | +1.6 | +0.5 | −0.3 | +0.2 | +2.5 | +0.1 |
| 2021 | +0.2 | −1.1 | +1.7 | +0.8 | −0.2 | +1.2 | −1.3 | −0.1 | −0.9 | +2.3 | −0.5 | +2.4 |
| 2022 | −0.8 | +1.4 | +1.6 | −0.6 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +2.2 | +2.6 | +0.1 | −0.4 | +1.5 | ±0.0 |
| 2023 | +4.6 | +3.2 | +0.9 | +2.3 | +0.2 | −0.9 | +0.2 | −1.3 | −0.4 | +0.8 | −0.9 | +2.6 |
| 2024 | +1.5 | +1.7 | +2.5 | −0.1 | +1.0 | +1.5 | +0.9 | −0.5 | −0.1 | +3.0 | +2.9 | −0.2 |
| 2025 | −0.9 | −0.3 | +3.4 | +0.9 | −0.2 | +1.0 | +2.1 | +0.2 | +1.3 | +0.8 | −0.2 | −2.6 |
+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 (Q1190219) · 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.
