Lake · United States
Pyramid Lake
Pyramid
Lake in Nevada, United States
- Area
- 477km²
- Max depth
- 108m
- Average depth
- 27m
- Elevation
- 1,165m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 126km
- Volume
- 12.8km³
Pyramid Lake is a lake in United States. It covers 477 km². On average it is 27 m deep, and 108 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 1,165 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Pyramid Lake?
The water is warmest in August, around 23 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 6 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from July to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 34 °C on average in July and 4 °C in December. The driest month is September (4 mm of rain), the wettest December (27 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (112 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 | 6 | 7 | 5 | -4 | 23 | 6 | 5.1 | 9 |
| February | 6 | 6 | 7 | -3 | 22 | 7 | 6.3 | 10 |
| March | 8 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 7.6 | 12 |
| April | 11 | 13 | 16 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 9.3 | 13 |
| May | 15 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 10.9 | 12 |
| June | 19 | 21 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 13.0 | 12 |
| July | 22 | 23 | 34 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 13.3 | 10 |
| August | 23 | 23 | 32 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 12.3 | 9 |
| September | 20 | 22 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 10.7 | 10 |
| October | 16 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 8.4 | 10 |
| November | 12 | 14 | 10 | -1 | 19 | 5 | 6.1 | 10 |
| December | 8 | 10 | 4 | -4 | 27 | 6 | 4.3 | 9 |
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 6.4 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 7,162 km² of land.
- About 63 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Pyramid Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 6beaches and swimming spots
Enchanted Beach, Fox Beach, Wizards Beach, Wino Beach, Sandhole Beach and 1 more
- 2campsites
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 1viewpoints
- —hotels, B&Bs and chalets
- —fishing spots
- —restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Reno Tahoe International Airport (RNO), 69 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 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 11.8 | 15.7 | 21.7 | 28.2 | 33.7 | 31.9 | 26.5 | 18.1 | 10.0 | 4.0 |
| 2020 | +1.8 | +2.3 | −1.3 | +1.7 | +1.2 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | +1.3 | +2.1 | +3.2 | −0.5 | +0.6 |
| 2021 | +0.9 | ±0.0 | −1.2 | +2.5 | +1.0 | +4.7 | +1.5 | +0.1 | +1.1 | −1.6 | +1.9 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +1.8 | −0.3 | −1.2 | +0.1 | +1.4 | +1.2 | +2.0 | +3.2 | −3.9 | −0.4 |
| 2023 | −2.9 | −2.0 | −6.1 | +0.3 | −0.6 | −3.4 | +0.9 | −0.5 | −1.4 | +0.7 | +0.1 | +1.9 |
| 2024 | +1.7 | +0.5 | −1.6 | +1.4 | +0.7 | +3.5 | +2.5 | −0.3 | +0.9 | +3.1 | −1.3 | +2.6 |
| 2025 | +0.8 | +1.6 | ±0.0 | +1.6 | +2.2 | +2.6 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.2 | −0.9 | +3.7 | +5.0 |
+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 (Q761535) · 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.
