Lake · Estonia
Lake Ermistu
Lake in Pärnu County, Estonia
- Area
- 4.1km²
- Max depth
- 3m
- Average depth
- 3.1m
- Elevation
- 19m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 11km
- Volume
- 0.013km³
Lake Ermistu is a lake in Estonia. It covers 4.1 km². On average it is 3.1 m deep, and 3 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 19 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Ermistu?
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 July: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 120 days a year, from around 19 November to 18 March.
On the shore, afternoons reach 22 °C on average in July and -2 °C in February. The driest month is April (40 mm of rain), the wettest August (75 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (131 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 | — | -1 | -5 | 52 | 13 | 0.0 | 23 |
| February | Ice | — | -2 | -6 | 45 | 11 | 1.3 | 21 |
| March | Ice | — | 1 | -4 | 41 | 10 | 4.5 | 20 |
| April | 8 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 40 | 10 | 7.4 | 18 |
| May | 16 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 42 | 8 | 10.0 | 16 |
| June | 21 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 63 | 12 | 10.0 | 17 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 63 | 12 | 9.4 | 16 |
| August | 20 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 75 | 13 | 7.6 | 17 |
| September | 15 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 55 | 11 | 4.9 | 20 |
| October | 9 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 66 | 14 | 2.2 | 21 |
| November | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 14 | 0.0 | 22 |
| December | Ice | — | 1 | -2 | 58 | 14 | 0.0 | 24 |
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 23 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 23 km² of land.
- About 0.2 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Ermistu
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 3beaches and swimming spots
Ermistu puhkeküla supelrand, Ermistu ujumiskoht, Ermistu puhkeküla ujumiskoht
- 1campsites
Ermistu Puhkeküla
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 1viewpoints
Ermistu vaatetorn
- —hotels, B&Bs and chalets
- —fishing spots
- 1restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Pärnu Airport (EPU), 29 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 | -1.2 | -1.9 | 1.3 | 7.5 | 14.1 | 18.2 | 21.8 | 21.1 | 16.3 | 9.7 | 4.8 | 1.4 |
| 2020 | +5.3 | +5.1 | +2.7 | +0.2 | −1.8 | +3.5 | −1.7 | +0.6 | +1.2 | +2.5 | +2.6 | +0.6 |
| 2021 | −0.5 | −2.2 | +0.9 | −0.4 | −1.6 | +3.7 | +4.1 | −1.5 | −1.9 | +1.1 | +0.7 | −2.7 |
| 2022 | +1.8 | +2.7 | +1.5 | −0.7 | −1.8 | +1.8 | −0.2 | +2.9 | −1.4 | +1.9 | −0.3 | −1.2 |
| 2023 | +1.6 | +2.2 | +0.6 | +1.7 | +0.7 | +2.7 | −1.3 | +0.4 | +2.2 | −0.6 | −1.4 | −2.0 |
| 2024 | −2.4 | +1.4 | +2.1 | −0.7 | +3.4 | +1.8 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +3.4 | +2.1 | +1.8 | +1.9 |
| 2025 | +3.0 | +1.2 | +3.4 | +1.5 | −1.2 | −1.3 | +0.6 | −2.0 | +1.7 | +0.7 | +1.7 | +2.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
LatviaAbout 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 (Q3234121) · 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.
