Lake · United States
Oneida Lake
Lake in Oswego County, New York, USA
- Area
- 207km²
- Max depth
- 7m
- Average depth
- 11m
- Elevation
- 112m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 113km
- Volume
- 2.3km³
Oneida Lake is a lake in United States. It covers 207 km². On average it is 11 m deep, and 7 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 112 m above sea level.
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Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Oneida Lake?
The water is warmest in July, around 24 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 110 days a year, from around 14 December to 2 April.
On the shore, afternoons reach 26 °C on average in July and -2 °C in January. The driest month is February (74 mm of rain), the wettest October (124 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (105 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 | Ice | — | -2 | -10 | 76 | 15 | 2.3 | 13 |
| February | Ice | — | -1 | -9 | 74 | 12 | 3.6 | 13 |
| March | Ice | — | 4 | -5 | 81 | 13 | 5.2 | 12 |
| April | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 96 | 13 | 5.9 | 10 |
| May | 12 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 100 | 14 | 7.0 | 8 |
| June | 20 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 118 | 14 | 7.6 | 6 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 26 | 16 | 114 | 15 | 8.2 | 6 |
| August | 24 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 110 | 14 | 7.4 | 6 |
| September | 21 | 23 | 22 | 11 | 101 | 12 | 6.5 | 7 |
| October | 15 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 124 | 14 | 3.7 | 8 |
| November | 7 | 11 | 7 | -1 | 88 | 14 | 2.7 | 9 |
| December | Ice | — | 1 | -6 | 98 | 16 | 1.3 | 11 |
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 9 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 3,547 km² of land.
- About 94 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Oneida Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 7beaches and swimming spots
Oneida Shores, Valentine's Beach, Verona Beach and 4 more
- 3campsites
Saint Andrew’s Camp, Onieda Shores Park Campground, Verona Beach State Park Campground
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Sylvan Beach Supply Co.
- 37marinas and slipways
Oneida Shores Boat Launch, Snug Harbour, Marion Manor, Winter Harbor Marina, 43 North Marina and 32 more
- —ferry piers
- 1viewpoints
- 41hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Quality Inn and 40 more
- 1fishing spots
Oneida Lake at Jewell Fishing Access
- 16restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Brewerton4,029 people
- Bridgeport1,490 people
- Bernhards Bay1,350 people
- Constantia1,182 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR), 20 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 | -2.4 | -1.3 | 3.8 | 11.7 | 18.9 | 23.2 | 25.9 | 25.3 | 22.0 | 14.1 | 7.1 | 0.6 |
| 2020 | +2.8 | +0.3 | +3.1 | −2.4 | −1.8 | +0.9 | +1.8 | +0.5 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +2.9 | +0.8 |
| 2021 | −0.2 | −1.8 | +3.2 | +0.8 | −0.6 | +2.1 | −1.4 | +1.1 | −0.7 | +2.8 | −1.1 | +2.2 |
| 2022 | −1.9 | +1.3 | +1.5 | −1.3 | +2.0 | −0.4 | +0.4 | +1.2 | −1.5 | +0.9 | +1.5 | +0.3 |
| 2023 | +3.7 | +3.2 | −0.6 | +2.8 | −0.3 | −1.0 | +0.8 | −1.6 | ±0.0 | +1.7 | −1.5 | +3.0 |
| 2024 | +1.6 | +3.8 | +2.6 | +1.1 | +1.9 | +1.2 | +1.4 | −0.8 | +0.2 | +1.6 | +1.5 | −0.3 |
| 2025 | −1.9 | −1.5 | +3.6 | +0.6 | −2.1 | +1.1 | +1.1 | +0.1 | +0.8 | +1.0 | −1.3 | −2.1 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More lakes nearby
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| 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 (Q1247231) · 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.
