August 24
Lake Russell water levels are bouncing around 474.6 (full pool is 475.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid- to upper 80s.
August 17
Lake Russell water levels are bouncing around 474.6 (full pool is 475.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are still in the upper 80s.
August 3
Lake Russell water levels are bouncing around 474.6 before today’s rains (full pool is 475.00) and the lake has been clear. Morning surface water temperatures are 88-90 degrees!
July 27
Lake Russell water levels are around 474.4 (full pool is 475.00) and the lake is very clear. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 80s.
July 13
Lake Russell water levels are at 474.00 (full pool is 475.00) and clarity is back to normal – very high on the main lake. Morning surface water temperatures are about 87 degrees.
June 29
Lake Russell water levels are down to 474.64 (full pool is 475.00) and despite a lot of rain the water clarity is still pretty high. Morning surface water temperatures are around 82 degrees.
June 22
Lake Russell water levels are up to 474.88 (full pool is 475.00) and water clarity is dropping with all the recent rains. Morning surface water temperatures have plummeted back to the mid-70s.
June 15
Lake Russell water levels are around 473.9 (full pool is 475.00) and water clarity is mostly high. Morning surface water temperatures are around 78 degrees.
June 8
Lake Russell water levels are around 474.3 (full pool is 475.00) and water clarity is mostly high but it is murky in the very backs. Morning surface water temperatures are around 77 degrees.
June 2
Lake Russell water levels are at 474.55 (full pool is 475.00) and water clarity is mostly high but it is murky in the very backs. Morning surface water temperatures are still about 72-73 degrees.
May 26
Lake Russell water levels are around 474.64 (full pool is 475.00) and water clarity is high. Morning surface water temperatures are about 72-73 degrees.
May 11
Lake Russell water levels are around 474.65 (full pool is 475.00) and the main lake and fronts of creeks are clear. Morning surface water temperatures are up to about 70 degrees.
May 4
Lake Russell water levels are just below full at 474.75 (full pool is 475.00) and the main lake and fronts of creeks are clear. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to 65 degrees.
April 21
Lake Russell water levels are above full at 475.28 (full pool is 475.00) and the lake is relatively clear. Morning surface water temperatures range from about 65 on the main lake to 71 in the creeks.
April 10
Lake Russell water levels are above full at 475.32 (full pool is 475.00) and there is muddy water in some of the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped about 10 degrees to 59.
March 30
Lake Russell water levels are way up to 474.95 (full pool is 475.00) and the main lake and front of creeks are still pretty clear even though there is trash floating everywhere. Morning surface water temperatures are around 64 degrees.
March 16
Lake Russell water levels are at 473.09 (full pool is 475.00) and the lake is mostly clear although some of the creeks have stained water. Morning surface water temperatures are around 56 degrees.
March 9
Lake Russell water levels are down to 473.13 (full pool is 475.00) and the lake is mostly clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 61 degrees.
February 24
Lake Russell water levels are at 474.17 (full pool is 475.00) and the whole lake has a really good color with a light stain. Morning surface water temperatures have jumped into the upper 50s.
February 16
Lake Russell water levels are at 474.20 (full pool is 475.00) and the main lake is pretty clear while the backs of some larger creeks are a little muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 51-54 degrees.
February 2
Lake Russell water levels are at 473.21 (full pool is 475.00) and the lake ranges from stained to muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are around 50 degrees.
January 27
Lake Russell water levels are down to 474.17 (full pool is 475.00) and the whole lake is muddy to stained. The backs of creeks and up the rivers the water is muddy, and even the water by the dam is not clear. Morning surface water temperatures are around 49-50 degrees.
January 19
Lake Russell water levels are down to 474.35 (full pool is 475.00) and parts of the lake are still muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 54 degrees.
January 13
Lake Russell water levels are hovering around full at 474.98 (full pool is 475.00) and almost the whole lake is muddy. Morning surface water temperatures are now around 54 degrees.