Reservoir · United States
Table Rock Lake
Reservoir in Missouri and Arkansas in the United States
- Area
- 118km²
- Average depth
- 36m
- Elevation
- 278m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 555km
- Volume
- 4.3km³
Table Rock Lake is a reservoir in United States. It covers 118 km². On average it is 36 m deep. Its surface lies 278 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Table Rock Lake?
The water is warmest in July, around 28 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 6 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to October: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 32 °C on average in July and 6 °C in January. The driest month is January (67 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 (77 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 | 6 | -4 | 67 | 8 | 5.0 | 10 |
| February | 6 | 7 | 8 | -3 | 75 | 7 | 4.9 | 11 |
| March | 8 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 114 | 11 | 5.9 | 11 |
| April | 13 | 16 | 20 | 8 | 134 | 11 | 7.0 | 10 |
| May | 20 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 139 | 15 | 7.5 | 9 |
| June | 26 | 27 | 29 | 19 | 98 | 14 | 9.4 | 7 |
| July | 28 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 100 | 14 | 9.0 | 6 |
| August | 27 | 28 | 32 | 20 | 94 | 13 | 8.3 | 6 |
| September | 25 | 26 | 28 | 15 | 93 | 10 | 7.8 | 7 |
| October | 21 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 106 | 10 | 6.4 | 8 |
| November | 15 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 88 | 9 | 5.4 | 9 |
| December | 10 | 12 | 8 | -2 | 75 | 8 | 4.5 | 10 |
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 11 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 10,339 km² of land.
- About 148 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 14.4 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Table Rock Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 13beaches and swimming spots
Aunts Creek Beach, Don's Island, Moonshine Beach, Big Cedar Beach and 9 more
- 20campsites
Aunts Creek, Campbell Point Campground, Andrews Landing, Branson Stagecoach RV Park, Branson View Campground and 15 more
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 23marinas and slipways
Boat Ramp, Boat Launch, Jackson Hollow Boat Launch, Château Marina, Cricket Creek Marina and 18 more
- 1ferry piers
Showboat Branson Belle
- —viewpoints
- 41hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Parkview Lodge, Table Rock Inn, The Welk Resort Branson, Happy Hollow Resort, White Wing Lodge and 36 more
- —fishing spots
- 11restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Kimberling City2,313 people
- Shell Knob1,379 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Branson Airport (BKG), 12 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 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 14.5 | 20.1 | 24.3 | 29.3 | 32.4 | 32.2 | 28.2 | 21.0 | 14.2 | 7.9 |
| 2020 | +1.2 | ±0.0 | +1.5 | −1.5 | −2.0 | −0.7 | −1.1 | −0.8 | −0.8 | −0.4 | +1.5 | +0.3 |
| 2021 | −0.4 | −4.7 | +2.0 | −1.2 | −1.9 | −0.4 | −1.7 | +0.3 | +2.3 | +1.3 | +0.3 | +7.3 |
| 2022 | −0.6 | −0.1 | +0.4 | −1.1 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +4.4 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +1.1 | −1.1 | −0.3 |
| 2023 | +2.9 | +3.4 | −0.9 | −0.6 | +0.6 | +1.6 | +1.4 | +1.8 | +1.7 | +0.8 | +1.4 | +3.1 |
| 2024 | −2.6 | +5.6 | +3.0 | +1.2 | +1.8 | +1.9 | −0.9 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +5.5 | +1.7 | +2.4 |
| 2025 | −2.2 | ±0.0 | +3.2 | +1.0 | −1.1 | −0.4 | −1.0 | +0.6 | +1.8 | +2.6 | +2.3 | +3.3 |
+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 (Q7332040) · 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.
