Reservoir · United States
Lake Havasu
Reservoir on the Colorado River in California and Arizona, United States
- Area
- 60.8km²
- Max depth
- 11m
- Average depth
- 13m
- Elevation
- 136m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 151km
- Volume
- 0.803km³
Lake Havasu is a reservoir in United States. It covers 60.8 km². On average it is 13 m deep, and 11 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 136 m above sea level.
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Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Havasu?
The water is warmest in August, around 30 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 11 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from May to October: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 41 °C on average in July and 16 °C in December. The driest month is June (1 mm of rain), the wettest August (22 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (226 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 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 7.8 | 14 |
| February | 13 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 8.8 | 13 |
| March | 16 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 10.4 | 13 |
| April | 20 | 22 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 12.0 | 14 |
| May | 24 | 25 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 13.3 | 14 |
| June | 28 | 29 | 40 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 14.1 | 14 |
| July | 30 | 31 | 41 | 27 | 18 | 5 | 12.2 | 13 |
| August | 30 | 31 | 40 | 26 | 22 | 6 | 11.8 | 12 |
| September | 27 | 29 | 37 | 23 | 14 | 3 | 11.1 | 12 |
| October | 22 | 25 | 30 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 9.9 | 12 |
| November | 16 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 8.6 | 12 |
| December | 12 | 14 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 7.3 | 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 18 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 451,274 km² of land.
- About 519 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 5.5 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Havasu
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 16beaches and swimming spots
Swimming Area and 15 more
- 11campsites
Lake Havasu State Park, Campbell Cove RV Park, Crazy Horse Campgrounds, Havasu Landing Resort & Casino Campground and 7 more
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Wet Monkey Powersport Rentals
- 30marinas and slipways
Site 6, Takeoff Point Boat Ramp, Lake Havasu Marina, Havasu Cove, Havasu Springs Marina and 25 more
- 1ferry piers
- 1viewpoints
Pilot Rock
- 20hotels, B&Bs and chalets
WorldMark Havasu Dunes, Queens Bay Resort Condos, Island Suites, Quality Inn & Suites, Sands-On-The-Fairway Inn and 15 more
- 2fishing spots
Mesquite Bay North, Mesquite Bay
- 26restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Lake Havasu City53,553 people
- Desert Hills2,245 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Lake Havasu City Airport (HII), 10 km in a straight line.
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: when a number is low, it may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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 | 17.4 | 19.3 | 24.1 | 28.2 | 33.7 | 39.8 | 41.4 | 40.2 | 37.0 | 30.0 | 22.8 | 16.4 |
| 2020 | +0.2 | +0.5 | −3.5 | −0.6 | +1.8 | −0.7 | +2.1 | +3.1 | +2.8 | +3.6 | +1.3 | +1.5 |
| 2021 | ±0.0 | +1.1 | −1.3 | +2.9 | +1.2 | +2.3 | −0.9 | +0.8 | +0.7 | −1.5 | +4.2 | +1.2 |
| 2022 | +1.0 | +1.2 | +1.4 | +2.5 | +1.2 | +1.1 | −0.2 | −1.2 | +0.8 | +0.5 | −3.4 | +0.3 |
| 2023 | −2.4 | −2.0 | −4.4 | +1.6 | +0.1 | −2.8 | +2.9 | +1.0 | −0.8 | +1.7 | +0.7 | +3.0 |
| 2024 | −0.7 | −0.5 | −2.2 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +2.0 | +3.5 | +1.4 | +2.3 | +4.2 | −1.4 | +5.0 |
| 2025 | −0.5 | +3.5 | −0.1 | +0.8 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +1.7 | −1.3 | +0.6 | +1.9 | +4.4 |
+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 (Q451522) · 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.
