Lake Seminole near Chattahoochee water level

What this means

Lake Seminole near Chattahoochee is far below normal for mid-October, with the lake level at 76.55 ft.

The median for mid-October is 76.82 ft, based on 7 years of readings, so the lake level is 0.27 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 76.59 ft, a difference of −0.04 ft.

It has dropped 0.35 ft over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 76.34 ft and 77.40 ft.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt.

Compared with 7 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

76.82 ft0.27 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

76.56 ft – 77.06 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

76.59 ft−0.04 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

76.34 ft – 77.40 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

76.22 ft – 77.57 ft