March 26

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.73 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while some sections of creeks are dingy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 58 degrees.  

March 19

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.79 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while the creeks are dingy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 61 degrees up the rivers and 59 degrees on the main lake.   

March 12

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.61 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is still mostly clear with some stain in the backs, despite almost an inch of rain Monday. Morning surface water temperatures are around 52 degrees on the bigger water and a little warmer in the backs.  

March 6

Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 659.46 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is mostly clear but the creeks had some stain even before ¾ of an inch of rain fell yesterday. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 49-52 degrees, mostly owing to the cold nights.  

February 26

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.01 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is much clearer than last week. Morning surface water temperatures are back up to around 49-51 degrees. 

February 19

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.13 (full pool is 660.00) and much of the lake is just lightly stained, while some of the creeks that get dirty easily are muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are about 49 but expected to drop with this new front. 

February 12

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 656.54 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while the feeder creeks have some color. Morning surface water temperatures have risen and fallen wildly but are now back in the lower 50s. 

February 6

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 656.51 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has high clarity. Morning surface water temperatures are about 47 degrees. 

January 29

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 656.90 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has normal clarity. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 43-44 degrees. 

January 15

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 657.18 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has normal clarity. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 48 degrees. 

January 10

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 657.08 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has normal clarity. Morning surface water temperatures are still about 50-52 degrees but should drop fast with today’s snow.  

January 2

Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 657.40 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has normal clarity. Morning surface water temperatures are about 52 degrees. 

December 19

Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 656.96 (full pool is 660.00) and, even after significant rain, water conditions are mostly clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 55 degrees. 

December 12

Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 656.40 (full pool is 660.00) after significant rain and water conditions are dirty in places. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 53-56 degrees. 

December 4

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.17 (full pool is 660.00) and water conditions are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 66 degrees. 

November 20

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 656.68 (full pool is 660.00) and water conditions are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 66 degrees. 

November 13

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 656.80 (full pool is 660.00) and water conditions are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are still about 68-69 degrees. 

November 8

Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 657.14 (full pool is 660.00) and water conditions are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 69 degrees. 

October 29

Lake Hartwell water levels are at 657.90 (full pool is 660.00) and water conditions are relatively clear. Morning surface water temperatures range from about 67 in the creeks to 72 on the main lake. 

October 16

Lake Hartwell water levels are slightly down to 658.88 (full pool is 660.00) and water conditions (which never got that dirty after the storm) have significantly cleared. Morning surface water temperatures are still in the mid-70s. 

October 9

Lake Hartwell water levels are slightly down to 658.99 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is clear while you can find some stained water way up the rivers and creeks. Morning surface water temperatures on the main lake are 77 at daylight and more like 74 in the backs of the rivers. 

October 2

Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 659.37 (full pool is 660.00) and water conditions are stained in many areas.  

September 26

Lake Hartwell water levels are up approaching a foot in the last 12 hours to 653.87 (full pool is 660.00) and will continue to shoot up after nearly four inches of rain already.   Morning surface water temperatures were about 78 degrees before the storm.