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Lake Champlain water level: Champlain Lake Champlain 1.3 ft low

Lake Champlain is 1.3 ft below its normal level for early November, much lower than usual. The gauge read 93.86 ft in the daily reading for November 3, 2026.

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Source: U.S. Geological Survey. Agency page.

How Champlain stands today

92.5 93 93.5 94 94.5 95 95.5 96 96.5 97 97.5 98 98.5 Normal today 95.19 ft A year ago 94.14 ft Today 93.86 ft Feet above sea level (NGVD 1929)
Lake Champlain by Sentinel-2
Lake Champlain by Sentinel-2. Photograph by Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.

The past year, day by day

The shaded band is where Champlain usually sits on each date: the middle 80% of years from 1996 to 2025. The blue line is the past 12 months; the sand line is the 12 months before. Hover or use the arrow keys to read any day.

  • Past 12 months
  • The 12 months before
  • Normal range (middle 80% of years)
  • Median
94 96 98 100 DecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov Today Year ago
94 96 98 100 DecFebAprJunAugOct Today Year ago

Monthly average since 2006

951002006200920122015201820212024
9510020062011201620212026
Readings for the last 30 days
DateLevel (ft)Normal (ft)
November 3, 202693.8695.19
November 2, 202693.8695.19
November 1, 202693.8995.15
October 31, 202693.9395.15
October 30, 202693.9495.18
October 29, 2026—95.20
October 28, 202693.9895.20
October 27, 202694.0195.19
October 26, 202694.0295.16
October 25, 202694.0495.10
October 24, 202694.0795.05
October 23, 202694.0995.01
October 22, 202694.0994.95
October 21, 202694.1094.93
October 20, 202694.1094.93
DateLevel (ft)Normal (ft)
October 19, 202694.0694.92
October 18, 202694.0694.88
October 17, 202694.0694.84
October 16, 202693.9994.80
October 15, 202693.9794.81
October 14, 202693.9194.81
October 13, 202693.7894.82
October 12, 202693.7094.84
October 11, 202693.6894.86
October 10, 202693.7494.87
October 9, 202693.7594.88
October 8, 202693.7594.89
October 7, 202693.7694.90
October 6, 202693.8394.92
October 5, 202693.8694.95

Is the water above your dock?

Enter the elevation of your dock, ramp end or a mark on your shoreline, in feet above sea level (NGVD 1929, the datum the Geological Survey uses for this gauge). You will see how far the water is above or below it today, and how often it dipped below it in each month since 2016.

Today the lake is at 93.86 ft.

Typical Lake Champlain level by month since 2016
MonthLow year (10th %)MedianHigh year (90th %)Days above your mark
January 95.09 95.90 97.77 —
February 94.85 95.99 97.42 —
March 95.20 96.95 98.00 —
April 97.07 98.25 99.37 —
May 96.84 97.91 99.91 —
June 95.38 96.49 98.35 —
July 94.76 95.75 97.83 —
August 94.36 94.89 97.17 —
September 93.84 94.32 96.46 —
October 93.63 94.32 95.61 —
November 94.13 94.97 97.00 —
December 94.67 95.46 97.24 —

Champlain questions

Is Lake Champlain lower than normal for early November?

Yes. The median level on Nov 3 across 1996–2025 is 95.19 ft, and today's 93.86 ft is −1.33 ft from it. In 8 of 10 years the level on this date fell between 94.12 and 97.35 ft.

How does Lake Champlain compare with last year?

A year ago, on November 3, 2025, it stood at 94.14 ft. It is 0.28 ft lower now.

What are the highest and lowest levels since 1995?

In the daily record we hold, which starts in 1995, the highest daily level was 103.19 ft on May 6, 2011 and the lowest was 93.33 ft on October 16, 2016.

How often is this page updated?

We pull new readings from the U.S. Geological Survey several times a day. This page was last rebuilt on Wed, 04 Nov 2026 13:52:28 UTC. Readings are provisional and can be revised by the agency.