World Water Levels

Lake Ontario at Oswego

Lake Ontario at Oswego read 74.938 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 74.40 m to 74.99 m: the 10th to 90th percentile of the daily averages from 28 September to 12 October in 151 years between 1871 and 2025.

Records

  • Highest daily average in our series since 1 January 1871: 75.916 m on 14 June 2019.
  • Lowest daily average in our series since 1 January 1871: 73.685 m on 5 January 1935.

About this gauge

Oswego is a gauge on Lake Ontario in New York, United States.

It lies at 43.4642° N, 76.5118° 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