June 2

Lake Jocassee is at 97.7% of full pool and the main lake and major rivers are clear. Morning surface water temperatures on the main lake are about 70 degrees.   

May 26

Lake Jocassee is at 99.1% of full pool and the main lake and major rivers are clear. Morning surface water temperatures on the main lake are about 68 degrees.   

May 11

Lake Jocassee is at 97.8% of full pool and the main lake and major rivers are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 65-68 degrees and should continue to shoot up. 

May 4

Lake Jocassee is at 97.2% of full pool and the main lake and major rivers are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 60 degrees on the big water, with the rivers in the mid-60s.   

April 21

Lake Jocassee is at 98.6% of full pool and the main lake and major rivers are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 60 degrees on the big water, but the rivers can be much warmer and hitting the big water can feel like running into air conditioning.   

April 11

Lake Jocassee is at 97.2% of full pool and the main lake and major rivers are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are about 58-60 degrees. 

March 30

Lake Jocassee is at 98.2% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are back to about 58 degrees on the main lake. 

March 16

Lake Jocassee is at 97.3% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 58 degrees on the main lake. 

March 9

Lake Jocassee is at 98.7% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 58 degrees on the main lake. 

February 23

Lake Jocassee is at 98.9% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 55 degrees on the main lake. 

February 15

Lake Jocassee is at 98.7% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 54 degrees on the main lake. 

February 2

Lake Jocassee is at 98.9% of full pool and the lake has cleared a little.  Morning surface water temperatures are around 53 or 54 degrees. 

January 26

Lake Jocassee is at 98.9% of full pool and the water is stained in the creeks but clear on the big water. Morning surface water temperatures are around 53 or 54 degrees.  

January 19

Lake Jocassee is at 98.9% of full pool and the water is stained in the creeks but clear on the big water. Morning surface water temperatures are in the low to mid-50s.  

January 12

Lake Jocassee is at 98.7% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are around 55 degrees.  Unlike the rest of the state’s lakes, Jocassee is still clear!

January 5

Lake Jocassee is up to 98.9% of full pool and morning surface water temperatures are around 56 degrees. 

December 21

Lake Jocassee is at 98.6% of full pool and the lake is typically clear. Morning surface water temperatures have cooled into the lower to mid-50s.

December 15

Lake Jocassee is at 96.6% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures have cooled into the mid-50s.

December 1

Lake Jocassee is up to 96.8% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 61 degrees.

November 17

Lake Jocassee is up to 95.6% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 66 degrees.

November 10

Lake Jocassee is at 93.8% of full pool and the lake is clear. Morning surface water temperatures are back up to 68 or so degrees.