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.
June 15
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 660.53 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are around 77-78 degrees. Water clarity is high.
June 7
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 660.56 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures have risen to 76-78 degrees. Water clarity is high.
June 1
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 660.51 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are down to about 72 degrees. Clarity is normal.
May 25
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 660.61 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are about 74 degrees. Clarity is normal.
May 12
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 661.39 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are about 72 degrees. Clarity is normal.
May 4
Lake Hartwell water levels are very high at 661.61 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures have dropped all the way to 63 degrees. Clarity is normal.
April 20
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 660.61 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures are around 67 degrees.
April 10
Lake Hartwell water levels have shot up to 661.05 (full pool is 660.00) and muddied the backs of creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are around 66 in the larger rivers.
March 30
Lake Hartwell water levels are jumping around full pool, currently at 659.87 (full pool is 660.00) and morning surface water temperatures range from about 61-64.
March 16
Lake Hartwell water levels are at 659.59 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is overall good but there is still some color in the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures were up to 62 but after a series of freezing nights have plummeted back into the mid-50s.
March 8
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 659.41 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is overall good but there is still some color in the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are around 58-60 degrees.
February 24
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 658.20 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is overall good but there is still some color in the creeks. Morning surface water temperatures are around 53-55 degrees.
February 15
Lake Hartwell water levels are up to 657.75 (full pool is 660.00) and clarity is overall good. Morning surface water temperatures are mostly in the low 50s.