World Water Levels

Lake Michigan at Ludington

Lake Michigan at Ludington read 176.444 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 176.02 m to 177.04 m: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 76 years between 1950 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 August 1950: 177.56 m on 12 October 1986.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 August 1950: 175.422 m on 27 January 1964.

About this gauge

Ludington is a gauge on Lake Michigan in Michigan, United States.

It lies at 43.9474° N, 86.4415° 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