Reservoir · United States
Lake George
Lake in Warren County, New York, United States
- Area
- 113km²
- Max depth
- 60m
- Average depth
- 24m
- Elevation
- 99m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 173km
- Volume
- 2.8km³
Lake George is a reservoir in United States. It covers 113 km². On average it is 24 m deep, and 60 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 99 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Lake George?
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.
The lake usually freezes over for about 57 days a year, from around 25 January to 22 March.
On the shore, afternoons reach 25 °C on average in July and -3 °C in January. The driest month is January (67 mm of rain), the wettest June (123 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (68 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 | -3 | -13 | 67 | 11 | 3.1 | 10 |
| February | Ice | — | -2 | -12 | 68 | 9 | 4.2 | 10 |
| March | Ice | — | 3 | -7 | 78 | 11 | 5.4 | 10 |
| April | 4 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 91 | 12 | 6.3 | 9 |
| May | 10 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 101 | 14 | 6.8 | 7 |
| June | 19 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 123 | 15 | 7.5 | 6 |
| July | 24 | 25 | 25 | 15 | 114 | 15 | 8.2 | 6 |
| August | 24 | 25 | 24 | 14 | 106 | 14 | 7.6 | 6 |
| September | 21 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 92 | 11 | 6.7 | 6 |
| October | 15 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 117 | 12 | 4.1 | 7 |
| November | 9 | 12 | 6 | -3 | 80 | 11 | 3.4 | 8 |
| December | 4 | 6 | 0 | -8 | 96 | 12 | 2.2 | 8 |
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 7.4 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 608 km² of land.
- About 12 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 4.6 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Lake George
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 50beaches and swimming spots
Black Point Public Beach, Hague Town Beach, Bay Beach, Slim Point Beach and 46 more
- 59campsites
Association B, Association A, Long Island, Phelps Island, Refuge Island and 54 more
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 45marinas and slipways
Fischer's Marina, Henderson's Marina, Pilot Knob Marina, Harris Bay Yacht Club, Yankee Boating Center and 40 more
- —ferry piers
- 53viewpoints
Sheldon Point, Stewart's Ledge Vista, Scenic View, Waterfall View, Fort George Ruins and 48 more
- 69hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Dunham's Bay Lake George Resort, Huletts on Lake George, Sagamore Hotel and Resort, Fort William Henry Hotel and Conference Center, Tiki Resort - Lake George and 64 more
- —fishing spots
- 32restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Ticonderoga3,382 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport (RUT), 48 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 | -3.4 | -1.9 | 3.4 | 11.5 | 18.6 | 22.9 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 21.0 | 13.4 | 6.2 | -0.4 |
| 2020 | +2.8 | +0.6 | +2.5 | −2.0 | −1.1 | +1.0 | +1.6 | +0.2 | −0.1 | −0.3 | +2.3 | +1.7 |
| 2021 | +0.2 | −1.2 | +2.6 | +1.3 | +0.1 | +1.9 | −1.7 | +1.6 | +0.2 | +2.7 | −0.2 | +1.9 |
| 2022 | −2.0 | +1.4 | +1.0 | −0.8 | +2.2 | −0.5 | +0.4 | +1.3 | −0.7 | +1.4 | +2.0 | +1.1 |
| 2023 | +3.5 | +2.5 | −0.6 | +2.3 | +0.2 | −1.0 | +0.7 | −0.9 | +0.3 | +2.1 | −1.8 | +2.5 |
| 2024 | +1.4 | +3.2 | +2.1 | +0.2 | +1.9 | +1.4 | +1.7 | −0.5 | +0.5 | +1.3 | +1.6 | −0.6 |
| 2025 | −0.8 | −2.0 | +2.3 | +0.5 | −1.2 | +0.9 | +1.4 | +0.1 | +1.0 | +1.1 | −1.4 | −2.2 |
+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 (Q1495651) · 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.
