World Water Levels

Lake Michigan at Calumet Harbor

Lake Michigan at Calumet Harbor read 176.538 m above IGLD 1985 at .

That is within the normal range for the date.

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Normal range and official levels

The normal range for 5 October is 176.01 m to 177.01 m: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 119 years between 1903 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 February 1903: 177.667 m on 11 January 2020.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 February 1903: 175.347 m on 29 February 1964.

About this gauge

Calumet Harbor is a gauge on Lake Michigan in Illinois, United States.

It lies at 41.7297° N, 87.5383° W.

Its readings come from NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS).

Heights are given above IGLD 1985, the datum the source names (IGLD 1985).

The newest reading is provisional: the source may still correct it.

See also