August 24
Lake Murray water levels are down to 356.06 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures remain in the middle to upper 80s.
August 18
Lake Murray water levels are down to 356.42 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are in the middle to upper 80s.
August 3
Lake Murray water levels are down to 356.79 (full pool is 360.00) but should rise with coming rains, and before the rain clarity was normal. Morning surface water temperatures are in the middle to upper 80s.
July 27
Lake Murray water levels are down to 357.12 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are in the middle to upper 80s.
July 21
Lake Murray water levels are down to 357.31 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are 86 and higher.
July 13
Lake Murray water levels are down to 357.61 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is back to summer normal. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-80s.
June 28
Lake Murray water levels are down to 358.07 after rising over 359 (full pool is 360.00), and while clarity is normalizing the whole lake is more stained than usual after last week’s rain. The Little Saluda has cleared much more than the Big Saluda which is pretty muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 80 degrees.
June 22
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.50 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 70s.
June 15
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.11 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is good. Morning surface water temperatures have risen into the mid-70s.
June 7
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.11 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is good. Morning surface water temperatures have risen into the mid-70s.
June 1
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.18 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is good. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 60s over most of the lake.
May 25
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.05 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is good. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 60s in the big water to low 70s in the creeks.
May 11
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.02 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is fairly normal. Morning surface water temperatures are ranging from the mid to upper 60s to 70 with erratic temperatures.
May 4
Lake Murray water levels are back down to 357.96 (full pool is 360.00) and at the upper end the Big Saluda is dirty while the Little Saluda is pretty clear. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-60s.
April 20
Lake Murray water levels are at 358.52 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is stained but clearing. Morning surface water temperatures range from about 65 to 70.
April 11
Lake Murray water levels are way up to 358.81 (full pool is 360.00) and the upper lake will be muddy for a while. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped substantially, and they now range from the mid-50s to about 60 degrees.
March 30
Lake Murray water levels are up to 358.48 (full pool is 360.00) and morning surface water temperatures are in the low 60s.
March 16
Lake Murray water levels are stable at 357.70 (full pool is 360.00) and clarity is pretty normal. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped into the mid-60s.
March 9
Lake Murray water levels are stable at 357.54 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is clearing. Morning surface water temperatures range from about 57 to 62 degrees.
February 23
Lake Murray water levels are at 357.03 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake is mostly stained. Morning surface water temperatures range from the mid- to upper-50s.
February 16
Lake Murray water levels are at 356.61 (full pool is 360.00) and the lake ranges from stained to muddy – but may be about to get muddier again. Morning surface water temperatures range from the low to mid-50s.