February 9
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 658.78 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake has cleared although smaller creeks are still a bit dirty in the backs. Morning surface water temperatures are about 49 degrees.
January 31
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.75 (full pool is 660.00) and the lake is high and dirty and there is a lot of trash floating. Morning surface water temperatures are in the upper 40s.
January 22
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 657.05 (full pool is 660.00) and water levels have shot up after recent rains. Morning surface water temperatures are in the mid-40s.
January 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 653.19 (full pool is 660.00) and there is some stained water in the backs. Morning surface water temperatures are down to the low 50s.
December 21
Lake Hartwell water levels are back down to 652.25 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are down to about 54 degrees after very cold nights.
December 14
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 652.37 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are about 57 degrees.
November 29
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 652.25 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures were down to about 61 degrees this morning.
November 16
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 652.54 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are about 62 degrees.
November 9
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 652.94 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are about 67-68 degrees.
November 2
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 653.22 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures have dropped to 65-69 degrees.
October 26
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 653.69 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are down to around 73 degrees.
October 19
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.32 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are down to around 73 degrees.
October 12
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 654.75 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are still around 76 degrees.
October 5
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.12 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are around 76 degrees.
September 29
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.13 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperature are down to the mid- to upper 70s.
September 21
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 655.60 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperature remain in the lower 80s.
September 8
Lake Hartwell water levels are all the way down to 656.15 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperature have fallen into the lower 80s.
August 25
Lake Hartwell water levels are way down to 657.69 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperature are in the mid to upper 80s.
August 17
Lake Hartwell water levels are down to 657.54 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures dropped from about 88 to 84, but have now rebounded to 85-86 and continue to climb.
August 3
Lake Hartwell water levels were down to 658.20 overnight (full pool is 660.00) but with at least two inches of rain already today, and more coming, they have already shot up to 658.52 and should rise much more. Clarity will drop in the backs. Morning surface water temperatures have been around 86 degrees or higher but will also drop.
July 27
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 658.70 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is normal. Morning surface water temperatures are around 85 degrees or higher.
July 13
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.93 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is back to normal. Morning surface water temperatures are around 85 degrees.
June 28
Lake Hartwell water levels are back down to 660.71 (full pool is 660.00) after shooting up earlier this week, and the lake is more stained than usual. Morning surface water temperatures are around 80 degrees.
June 22
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 661.01 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are around 77-78 degrees. The smaller creeks are getting blown out with all this rain which is filtering into the larger creeks and the rivers, making for dingier than usual conditions.