Reservoir · United States
Lake Texoma
Reservoir on the border of the U.S. states of Texas and Oklahoma
- Area
- 263km²
- Average depth
- 24m
- Elevation
- 190m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 402km
- Volume
- 6.4km³
Lake Texoma is a reservoir in United States. It covers 263 km². On average it is 24 m deep. Its surface lies 190 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Texoma?
The water is warmest in August, around 28 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 7 °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 35 °C on average in August and 11 °C in January. The driest month is January (50 mm of rain), the wettest May (139 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (95 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 | 7 | 8 | 11 | -1 | 50 | 6 | 5.5 | 18 |
| February | 8 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 61 | 7 | 5.4 | 18 |
| March | 11 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 80 | 9 | 6.3 | 19 |
| April | 16 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 92 | 9 | 7.3 | 20 |
| May | 22 | 24 | 27 | 16 | 139 | 14 | 7.4 | 17 |
| June | 26 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 107 | 12 | 9.5 | 16 |
| July | 28 | 29 | 35 | 24 | 69 | 9 | 9.8 | 14 |
| August | 28 | 29 | 35 | 23 | 74 | 10 | 9.0 | 13 |
| September | 26 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 87 | 9 | 7.8 | 14 |
| October | 22 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 100 | 9 | 6.8 | 16 |
| November | 16 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 57 | 7 | 5.8 | 18 |
| December | 10 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 61 | 7 | 5.0 | 17 |
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 13 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 102,334 km² of land.
- About 194 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 7.0 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Texoma
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 4beaches and swimming spots
- 38campsites
Cedar Hollow Group Trailer Area, All Saints Camp & Conference Center, Cedar, Hanta Pa Ha, Staff Camp and 33 more
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 59marinas and slipways
Grandpappy Point Resort and Marina, Lighthouse Marina, Eisenhower Yacht Club and 56 more
- —ferry piers
- 2viewpoints
Lover's Leaf, Buttonbush Scenic Point
- 2hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Texoma Inn, Willow Springs Marina & Resort
- 4fishing spots
Texoma 'T' Striper Guide Service
- —restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Preston2,096 people
- Sherwood Shores1,190 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), 115 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 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 18.5 | 23.5 | 27.4 | 32.0 | 34.9 | 35.1 | 30.7 | 24.4 | 17.7 | 11.7 |
| 2020 | +2.0 | −0.6 | +1.3 | −2.1 | −1.7 | −1.3 | −0.6 | +0.2 | −3.1 | −1.2 | +2.1 | +1.5 |
| 2021 | +0.3 | −4.9 | +1.7 | −1.0 | −2.8 | −2.1 | −1.7 | −1.7 | +2.7 | +2.6 | +0.8 | +7.5 |
| 2022 | +1.0 | −0.3 | +1.5 | +1.9 | +2.5 | +2.8 | +5.4 | +0.7 | +3.1 | +1.4 | −1.8 | +0.1 |
| 2023 | +2.4 | +1.3 | ±0.0 | −1.6 | −0.1 | +0.5 | +1.5 | +5.7 | +4.5 | +0.9 | +0.3 | +2.4 |
| 2024 | −2.6 | +4.0 | +1.9 | +0.5 | +0.6 | −0.7 | −0.3 | +3.3 | +2.0 | +5.9 | +1.9 | +2.9 |
| 2025 | −1.9 | −0.1 | +3.5 | +0.6 | −0.9 | −2.1 | −1.6 | −0.8 | +1.8 | +3.8 | +3.5 | +3.5 |
+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 (Q3215230) · 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.
