Ahmic Lake near Ahmic Harbour water level

Name: Ahmic Lake near Ahmic Harbour water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Lake, Ahmic Lake, Ontario, Canada

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Low for mid-October

Water level

8.43m Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 11:10 AM EDT (1 hour ago)

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

Ahmic Lake near Ahmic Harbour is below normal for mid-October, with the water level at 8.43 m.

That puts it 0.05 m below the median of 8.48 m for mid-October, based on 11 years of readings.

It has dropped 0.01 m over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 8.43 m and 8.54 m.

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 11 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 8.48 m0.05 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 8.41 m – 8.56 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (11 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 8.43 m – 8.54 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 8.44 m – 8.53 m

On the water at Ahmic Lake near Ahmic Harbour

A receding shoreline opens up beaches but also uncovers hazards: stumps, rocks and soft mud that are usually well under water.

Wear a life jacket on the water. Most boating deaths involve people who were not wearing one.

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 15° 1° – Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 14° 0° – Wind 12 km/h

22 Thu 15° 5° – Wind 13 km/h

23 Fri 13° 2° – Wind 10 km/h

24 Sat 16° 3° – Wind 14 km/h

25 Sun 18° 7° – Wind 21 km/h

26 Mon 9° 6° – Wind 10 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:43 AM Sunset 06:26 PM Daylight 10 hr, 44 min Waxing gibbous 70%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Cecebe Lake at MagnetawanLake, Cecebe Lake	18.85 m	Normal	−0.03 m	8.1 km
Shawanaga River below Shawanaga LakeRiver gauge, Shawanaga River	5.62 m	Very low	±0	26 km
Bernard Lake at SundridgeLake, Bernard Lake	8.32 m	Very low	−0.01 m	26 km
North Magnetawan River near Burk'S FallsRiver gauge, North Magnetawan River	8.52 m	Low	±0	28 km
Doe Lake near KatrineLake, Doe Lake	7.08 m	Normal	−0.01 m	31 km
Commanda Creek near CommandaRiver gauge, Commanda Creek	1.05 m	Low	−0.01 m	33 km
North Magnetawan River above Pickerel LakeRiver gauge, North Magnetawan River	1.38 m	Low	−0.01 m	34 km
Forest Lake at South RiverLake, Forest Lake	9.11 m	Very high	+0.03 m	36 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for Ahmic Lake near Ahmic Harbour in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 8.48 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 8.41 m and 8.56 m, based on 11 years of records.

What is the water level of Ahmic Lake near Ahmic Harbour today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 11:10 AM EDT, the water level was 8.43 m. Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours.

Is Ahmic Lake near Ahmic Harbour rising or falling?

Down 0.01 m over the last 24 hours. Down 0.10 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Ahmic Lake near Ahmic Harbour normal?

Low for mid-October. Compared with 11 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02EA019 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 45.66907, -79.74521 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	8.43 m	2026-10-20 15:10	Provisional

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