Reservoir · Australia
Lake Gordon
Reservoir in Tasmania
- Area
- 230km²
- Average depth
- 68m
- Elevation
- 304m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 278km
- Volume
- 15.6km³
Lake Gordon is a reservoir in Australia. It covers 230 km². On average it is 68 m deep. Its surface lies 304 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Gordon?
The water is warmest in February, around 18 °C at the surface, and coldest in July, around 5 °C. It rarely averages 20 °C, but it stays above 17 °C from January to February: brisk, refreshing swimming.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 18 °C on average in February and 8 °C in July. The driest month is February (72 mm of rain), the wettest August (177 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (66 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 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 86 | 13 | 8.6 | 19 |
| February | 18 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 72 | 12 | 7.9 | 17 |
| March | 16 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 99 | 16 | 6.2 | 17 |
| April | 12 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 98 | 17 | 4.9 | 17 |
| May | 9 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 134 | 20 | 3.4 | 18 |
| June | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 129 | 19 | 2.9 | 17 |
| July | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 152 | 22 | 3.2 | 18 |
| August | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 177 | 22 | 4.1 | 20 |
| September | 8 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 149 | 20 | 5.2 | 21 |
| October | 11 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 139 | 19 | 6.7 | 20 |
| November | 13 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 98 | 17 | 7.5 | 19 |
| December | 16 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 115 | 16 | 7.8 | 20 |
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 16 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 722 km² of land.
- About 31 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 5.2 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Gordon
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- 3campsites
Edgar Campground, Teds Beach Campground, Huon River Campground (Scotts Peak)
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 5marinas and slipways
Strathgordon Boat Ramp, Teds Beach Boat Ramp, Edgar Boat Ramp, Scotts Peak Boat Ramp, McPartlan Pass Boat Ramp
- —ferry piers
- 3viewpoints
White Spur Lookout, Red Knoll Lookout
- 1hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Pedder Wilderness Lodge
- —fishing spots
- —restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Hobart International Airport (HBA), 102 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 | 17.9 | 18.2 | 16.5 | 13.5 | 10.7 | 8.9 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 10.4 | 12.4 | 14.7 | 16.1 |
| 2020 | +0.9 | −1.2 | −1.2 | −1.8 | −0.5 | −0.2 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +0.4 | −0.7 | +1.8 | −0.8 |
| 2021 | −1.1 | −0.4 | −0.9 | −1.0 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.3 | −0.7 | ±0.0 | −0.4 | −0.3 |
| 2022 | +2.3 | +1.0 | +1.5 | +1.3 | +0.3 | −1.1 | +0.1 | +0.9 | +0.2 | +0.3 | −1.1 | +0.9 |
| 2023 | +2.4 | +0.1 | −1.8 | +0.2 | −0.7 | +0.4 | +1.1 | +0.8 | +1.4 | −0.6 | +0.3 | +1.0 |
| 2024 | +0.1 | −0.3 | +0.2 | −0.7 | +0.6 | −0.2 | +0.2 | +1.7 | −0.9 | +0.5 | +0.9 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +1.5 | +1.3 | +1.6 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.9 | −0.7 | −2.1 | −2.9 | −1.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
About 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 (Q366813) · 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.
