Lake · Latvia
Lake Burtnieks
Lake in Burtnieki Municipality, Latvia
- Area
- 39.6km²
- Max depth
- 4m
- Average depth
- 3.7m
- Elevation
- 39m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 41km
- Volume
- 0.146km³
Lake Burtnieks is a lake in Latvia. It covers 39.6 km². On average it is 3.7 m deep, and 4 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 39 m above sea level.
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Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Burtnieks?
The water is warmest in July, around 22 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 125 days a year, from around 17 November to 21 March.
On the shore, afternoons reach 22 °C on average in July and -3 °C in January. The driest month is March (45 mm of rain), the wettest August (86 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (139 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 | — | -3 | -8 | 56 | 14 | 0.6 | 21 |
| February | Ice | — | -3 | -9 | 46 | 12 | 2.1 | 20 |
| March | Ice | — | 2 | -5 | 45 | 12 | 4.8 | 19 |
| April | 7 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 47 | 10 | 6.9 | 17 |
| May | 15 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 52 | 11 | 8.8 | 15 |
| June | 21 | 22 | 19 | 11 | 79 | 14 | 8.7 | 16 |
| July | 22 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 80 | 15 | 8.5 | 14 |
| August | 20 | 22 | 21 | 13 | 86 | 15 | 7.0 | 15 |
| September | 15 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 58 | 13 | 4.8 | 17 |
| October | 8 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 77 | 15 | 2.2 | 19 |
| November | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 15 | 0.1 | 19 |
| December | Ice | — | -1 | -4 | 61 | 15 | 0.1 | 22 |
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 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 2,304 km² of land.
- About 25 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Burtnieks
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 2beaches and swimming spots
Burtnieku centra pludmale
- 2campsites
Ezerpriedes, Ezerupe
- 3boat hire and water-sport clubs
Sedas laivu bāze, Vidzemes Laivas, Ezerupe
- 2marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 3viewpoints
Vīsraga skatu tornis, Rugāju pilskalns, Silzemnieku skatu tornis
- 1hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Saulites
- —fishing spots
- 1restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Pärnu Airport (EPU), 88 km in a straight line.
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Photos
Seen by visitors
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 | -3.2 | -3.0 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 15.7 | 19.2 | 22.1 | 21.0 | 16.3 | 8.9 | 3.4 | -0.6 |
| 2020 | +6.5 | +6.1 | +3.2 | −0.4 | −2.3 | +3.1 | −1.8 | ±0.0 | +1.3 | +2.8 | +2.7 | +0.4 |
| 2021 | −1.0 | −2.4 | +1.4 | −1.1 | −1.8 | +3.7 | +3.4 | −1.5 | −1.8 | +1.4 | +1.0 | −2.9 |
| 2022 | +2.6 | +3.5 | +1.8 | −1.0 | −2.2 | +2.1 | −0.7 | +2.9 | −2.2 | +2.1 | −0.5 | −2.7 |
| 2023 | +2.1 | +2.4 | +0.9 | +1.7 | +0.5 | +1.7 | −1.5 | +1.4 | +3.1 | −0.3 | −1.3 | −1.4 |
| 2024 | −1.9 | +3.2 | +3.4 | +0.6 | +2.9 | +1.6 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +4.0 | +2.1 | +1.8 | +2.7 |
| 2025 | +4.9 | +1.3 | +4.1 | +1.9 | −2.2 | −1.3 | +0.8 | −1.6 | +1.8 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +2.7 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
EstoniaAbout these numbers
| 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 (Q1017107) · 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.
