Lake · United States
Lake Okeechobee
Freshwater lake in the state of Florida, USA
- Area
- 1,419km²
- Max depth
- 3m
- Average depth
- 4.0m
- Elevation
- 3m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 342km
- Volume
- 5.7km³
Lake Okeechobee is a lake in United States. It covers 1,419 km². On average it is 4.0 m deep, and 3 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 3 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Okeechobee?
The water is warmest in July, around 30 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 19 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from March to November: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 31 °C on average in July and 22 °C in January. The driest month is January (46 mm of rain), the wettest June (197 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (192 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 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 13 | 46 | 9 | 6.4 | 16 |
| February | 20 | 21 | 24 | 15 | 48 | 8 | 7.0 | 15 |
| March | 22 | 24 | 26 | 17 | 60 | 9 | 7.9 | 16 |
| April | 25 | 26 | 29 | 20 | 59 | 10 | 8.7 | 16 |
| May | 28 | 28 | 30 | 22 | 115 | 14 | 8.7 | 15 |
| June | 29 | 30 | 30 | 25 | 197 | 24 | 7.4 | 11 |
| July | 30 | 30 | 31 | 25 | 171 | 26 | 7.6 | 10 |
| August | 30 | 30 | 31 | 26 | 192 | 27 | 7.4 | 10 |
| September | 28 | 29 | 30 | 25 | 167 | 24 | 6.8 | 12 |
| October | 26 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 91 | 15 | 6.9 | 15 |
| November | 23 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 47 | 9 | 6.4 | 15 |
| December | 20 | 21 | 24 | 16 | 53 | 8 | 5.8 | 15 |
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 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 14,062 km² of land.
- About 123 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 2.6 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Okeechobee
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- 9campsites
South Bay RV Park, Butch's Fishcamp & RV Park, Florida trail primitive camping, Nubbin Slough FT, Blue Cypress Golf and R.V. Resort and 4 more
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 17marinas and slipways
Chancy Bay Creek boat launch, Henry Creek, Harney Pond Airboat Launch and 14 more
- —ferry piers
- 1viewpoints
Harney Pond Observation Tower
- 10hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Golf and RV Resort, Relax Inn, Travel Inn, Bass & Sun Condominiums, Days Inn and 5 more
- —fishing spots
- 6restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Clewiston7,505 people
- Pahokee6,071 people
- Taylor Creek4,348 people
- Buckhead Ridge1,450 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT), 75 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 | 22.1 | 24.2 | 26.0 | 28.6 | 30.3 | 30.5 | 30.8 | 30.7 | 29.7 | 28.1 | 25.2 | 23.5 |
| 2020 | +1.4 | +0.9 | +2.5 | +1.9 | −0.4 | −0.3 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +0.2 | +0.5 | +1.0 | −1.7 |
| 2021 | −0.2 | +1.2 | +1.1 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.6 | −1.0 | +2.2 |
| 2022 | +0.3 | +1.2 | +2.4 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +1.3 | +0.9 | −0.3 | +1.8 | −0.3 |
| 2023 | +1.8 | +3.2 | +2.9 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +0.4 | +1.7 | +1.5 | +1.2 | +0.2 | +1.0 | −0.5 |
| 2024 | +0.6 | −0.8 | +0.9 | +0.1 | +3.0 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +1.4 | −0.1 | +1.2 | +0.4 |
| 2025 | −0.4 | +2.6 | +1.5 | +1.2 | +2.2 | +1.4 | +1.2 | +2.1 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +1.9 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
BahamasAbout these numbers
| 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 (Q202905) · 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.
