February 11
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 652.57 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 45-47 degrees.
February 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 652.70 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 43 degrees.
January 28
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.59 (full pool is 660.00) and most of the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 46-47 degrees.
January 21
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.21 (full pool is 660.00) and most of the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 50 degrees.
January 7
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 652.96 (full pool is 660.00) and most of the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 50 degrees.
December 23
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 653.15 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has cleared significantly. Morning surface water temperatures are about 51 degrees.
December 17
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 653.28 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has cleared significantly. Morning surface water temperatures were 52 degrees this morning
December 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.21 (full pool is 660.00) and there are even more stained areas after recent rains. Morning surface water temperatures are about 56-59 degrees.
November 19
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.91 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are about 61-63 degrees. The water has cleared and they are not seeing signs of a turnover.
November 5
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 655.39 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are down to about 64 degrees. While the water is overall clear the turnover still has it stained in places.
October 29
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 655.61 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are down to the upper 60s. The lake is turning over.
October 23
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.57 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is still high. Morning surface water temperatures are down to 71-72 degrees.
October 15
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.99 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is still high. Water temperatures are mostly in the mid-70s on the main water and the lake is turning over in most areas.
October 9
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 656.33 (full pool is 660.00) and water clarity is still high. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 75-79 degrees depending on location. Higher temperatures are in the bigger, deeper water that holds heat better.
October 1
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 656.88 (full pool is 660.00) and visibility is high. Morning surface water temperatures are still about 80 degrees.
September 24
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 657.07 (full pool is 660.00) and visibility is high. Morning surface water temperatures are back to 80-81 degrees.
September 10
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 658.28 (full pool is 660.00) and visibility is high. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 76 degrees.
August 27
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 658.76 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake remains clear. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to about 80 degrees.
August 21
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 658.55 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake remains clear. Morning surface water temperatures are back up to about 85 degrees.
August 13
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 658.12 (full pool is 660.00) and the main lake is still clear even after a couple of inches of rain. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 81 degrees.