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Old 08-20-2018, 07:36 PM   #1
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Default Water temp???

Safe to assume the lack of posted water temp change herein means it's still about 78? It seems to be pretty close to where it was earlier this month, even with the rain. We saw 76 on Sunday at our friends' on Camp. anybody seeing much different?

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Old 08-21-2018, 03:41 AM   #2
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Was 77 at 2' in the north on Sunday.

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Old 08-21-2018, 07:51 AM   #3
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Exclamation ..... 82-degree, Aug 6 surface water, all time high?

August 6, 2018: 82 degree Lake Winnipesaukee surface water temp, according to Barney Bear on Bear Island, is the all time record high from what I know. See the other Water Temp-2018 thread in the General Discussion section.

Usually, the high is from 76-78, and in 1998 it got up to 80 due to high air temp combined with little to no rain that made for relatively low lake level.

Looks like this summer, it was high air temp and little to no rain had it up to 82. Is possible it even got maybe higher?

Is too bad the U.S. Geological Survey solar powered monitor buoy stationed just outside the swim line at Weirs Beach swim area, depth about eight feet with sandy bottom, in 2016 and 2017 was not in use in 2018 and not used this summer on Lake Winnipesaukee. That would go a long way to verifying, and making it a believable number. The USGS monitor buoy measured water temperature down to hundreds, for example 82.13, along with the water ph, and other measures.

Recall reading somewhere the USGS has an annual budget over one billion dollars, (Wikipedia).

https://www.pwd.org/news/new-sebago-...rch-and-public ....... May 16, 2018: Lake Sebago in the great state of Maine gets a 145-lb, solar powered, water monitor buoy ..... with 1:07 video of buoy deployment by Portland Water District.

So, maybe the NH-DES could get the same buoy for Lake Winnipesaukee ...... like, why not?
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Old 08-21-2018, 08:48 AM   #4
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The water temperature at East Bear Island is 77 degrees 18" below the surface. Our guests from Japan have raved about our beautiful, special lake. 🇯🇵
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Old 08-29-2018, 01:48 PM   #5
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The water temperature at East Bear Island is 77 degrees 18" below the surface. Our guests from Japan have raved about our beautiful, special lake. 🇯🇵
We have a guest from Denmark an she is basically in awe of the beauty of the lakes region.
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My guest from waaaay up there in Maine said the water is perfect!
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Old 08-29-2018, 05:46 PM   #7
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Besides air temperature, humidity has a big effect. High dew point air (humid) retards evaporation, which has a cooling effect. When a dry air mass comes in with some NW wind behind it, the surface temperature drops notably.
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Old 09-07-2018, 03:43 PM   #8
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Water temp is 10 degrees warmer than this time last year. Reading 78 on my chart plotter (1’ deep but air is cooler) all across area north of Cow today. Still above my swimming threshold.....isn’t this September?
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Old 09-08-2018, 05:55 AM   #9
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The water temperature yesterday at East Bear Island was 79 degrees. 🐻
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Pretty sure the warmest lake temp is usually the end of Aug/beginning of Sept.
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Incorrect-a-mondo! ...... warmest Lake Winni water temp going back to 1822 ...... has almost always been about August 4.
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Old 09-13-2018, 12:56 PM   #12
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Incorrect-a-mondo! ...... warmest Lake Winni water temp going back to 1822 ...... has almost always been about August 4.
They didnt have thermometers in 1822 but I'm probably wrong and mid August would be more like it.
Trying to find historical average lake temps.Help
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Old 09-13-2018, 05:17 PM   #13
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They didn't have thermometers in 1822 but I'm probably wrong and mid August would be more like it.
Trying to find historical average lake temps.Help
I've got a model of Galileo's "thermometer"—invented in 1593. Not a mercury thermometer, I feared it might freeze and break in our unheated cottage last winter. It came through OK. It uses mineral spirits as a suspension medium. Some "Galileo thermometers" sold today don't recommend freezing temperatures.
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Old 09-13-2018, 06:11 PM   #14
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I think the weather has changed. It seems the last couple of weeks of August used to be windy and a bit cooler but it doesn’t seem that way any more.
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Old 09-14-2018, 10:05 AM   #15
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I've got a model of Galileo's "thermometer"—invented in 1593. Not a mercury thermometer, I feared it might freeze and break in our unheated cottage last winter. It came through OK. It uses mineral spirits as a suspension medium. Some "Galileo thermometers" sold today don't recommend freezing temperatures.
I was just kidding about the thermo. See smiley face.
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Old 10-05-2018, 08:23 AM   #16
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Can anyone report a water temperature for lake Winnipesaukee as of October 4 or 5? Thank you in advance.
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Old 10-05-2018, 08:32 AM   #17
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See here:

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Old 10-05-2018, 12:16 PM   #18
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This link has lake level, precipitation, air and water temperature as measured at Weirs Beach.

http://www4.des.state.nh.us/Rti_home...bove+sea+level
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