seattle - when does lake washington warm up?!

(brucemac) · (brucemac) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 04-24-2006, 11:03 AM

what a beautiful day yesterday on lake washington. 70* and no wind.

it was awesome!

darn that water's cold though. 47*

BBBBRRRRRRR

when does that water warm up? June?

(billthom) · (billthom) **Join Date: Apr 2005** 04-24-2006, 11:06 AM

You can get some historical data by starting here:

http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/lakedata/index.htm

(noti_dad) · (noti_dad) **Join Date: Jul 2003** 04-24-2006, 11:08 AM

Depends on your definition of warm. Trunks for some now. Trunks for me in another month with a wetsuit shirt. Should be low/mid 60s aronud June 1. Depends on how many sunny days we get between now and then. Usually we get a couple good weeks right now and then gloom (upper 50s) for another month until the 4th. 7/4 is the officaly first day of summer in WA. It's just teasing us right now.

(dakid) · (dakid) **Join Date: Feb 2001** 04-24-2006, 11:38 AM

quote:
when does that water warm up?

in july...and cools back down in august.

(tcluv85) · (tcluv85) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 04-24-2006, 11:48 AM

it warms up. That is news to me and I used to live on that lake. I won't go swimming in it.

(brucemac) · (brucemac) **Join Date: Dec 2005** 04-24-2006, 12:15 PM

heh

thanks for the replies everybody. yeah, 60 and i'm good to go. anything other than that and i'd have to invest in a defibrillator

hoping it warms up soon because this is going to be a short season for us. my wife is due in august with our second.

i think i see a few sick days in the near future. cough cough.