Lake Lanier weather now
81°F
Cloudy
- Feels like
- 83°
- Humidity
- 57%
- Wind
- 3 mph
CURRENT CONDITIONS & HISTORY
Lake Lanier weather, water temperature & lake level
Current weather on Lake Lanier, today's measured water temperature, and daily lake-level history from Buford Dam.
Lake Lanier water temperature
85.5°F
Water temperature
Lake Lanier level today
1064.63 ft
6.37 ft below full pool
READING THE LAKE
Temperature, depth and weather explained
A quick guide to what the live measurements mean before boating, fishing or spending a day on the water.
Lake Lanier water temperature
The current reading represents the water at the location and time shown. Temperature can differ by location, time of day and depth, so use it as a recent surface-condition reading rather than a measurement of the entire lake.
Lake level versus water depth
The lake-level reading is the pool-surface elevation above mean sea level at Buford Damânot the depth beneath a boat. Lake Lanier averages about 60 feet deep and reaches approximately 160 feet near Buford Dam when the lake is at the 1,071-foot full-pool elevation. Local depth varies throughout its coves and river channels.
Weather across Lake Lanier
This forecast is centered near Gainesville, Georgia. Because Lake Lanier extends across a large area toward Buford, Cumming, Dawsonville and Flowery Branch, wind, rain and thunderstorms may reach one part of the lake before another. Check the current conditions again before leaving shore.
ON THE WATER
Seven-day forecast
Forecast centered on Lake Lanier near Gainesville, Georgia.
Tue 9/22
Scattered thunderstorms
82°F
/ 68.2°F
PoP: 75%
Wind: 9 mph
Wed 9/23
Cloudy
71°F
/ 59.6°F
PoP: 15%
Wind: 10 mph
Thu 9/24
Cloudy
67.5°F
/ 58.6°F
PoP: 15%
Wind: 11 mph
Fri 9/25
Partly sunny
75.8°F
/ 55.5°F
PoP: 15%
Wind: 6 mph
Sat 9/26
Cloudy
78.9°F
/ 54.7°F
PoP: 10%
Wind: 5 mph
Sun 9/27
Partly sunny
80.2°F
/ 55.8°F
PoP: 10%
Wind: 6 mph
Mon 9/28
Mostly sunny
80.4°F
/ 55.4°F
PoP: 0%
Wind: 4 mph
WATER TEMPERATURE
This year against the seasonal average
A seven-day average of recent water-temperature readings is shown against the smoothed Lake Lanier weekly climatology.
Loading temperature historyâŚ
POOL ELEVATION
Compare lake levels by year
Overlay as many as four calendar years. Each line uses the USACE midnight pool reading for that date.
Loading historical lake levelsâŚ
Full summer pool is 1,071 feet. Historical elevations are official daily âMidnight Pools at Bufordâ observations from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The archive begins while the reservoir was filling in 1956, so early readings are far below modern operating levels. Lake-depth figures are from the Corpsâ Lake Sidney Lanier facts and questions.