The Water is Finally Warming Up
Well, the water temperature is finally warming up a bit more to my liking!! Upper Long Pond is a delightful 78.1°F today (on the surface!) and in my opinion, perfect! My toes will tell you that it is nowhere near 78°F down there but it’s all still very refreshing! But remember, with these warm water temperatures and with 85°F air temperatures, we lose ¾″ of per day of water just to evaporation, so fortunately this year we’ve got water to spare.
As I write this week’s column, Mother Nature has been unusually kind to us here in the Belgrades! The weather for our July 3 Fireworks couldn’t have been better as well as the weather for the 4th of July Boat and Street Parades. Boy, did we luck out and we deserve it, especially considering the rain that we’ve had to endure earlier in the season. We had 1.03″ of precipitation for the past ten days and they are forecasting absolutely nothing for the next 10 days which is Chamber of Commerce weather and deserved by us all!
As you are aware as you drive around, all of our gates are still slightly open to bring the levels back down to 3″ above full pond, particularly for Long Pond. The Village spillway dam is presently just 1.8″ above full pond with Gate 1 opened 2′ for the next day or so. Long Pond is still dealing with some run off and is on its way back down to the 3″ above full, with Gate 1 is opened 2′ and Gate 2 completely shut down. Snow Pond is still holding at 2.64″ below their spillway which is excellent and still leaves them some water to work with especially with the A/C demands with the sweltering heat. Salmon and McGrath are in perfect shape at 3″ above full pond with the 1 cfs calibrated valve opened 15 turns — thank you, Cam & Co.!
If you have a particular questions regarding our dams or water levels, please email your inquiry to , and we will try to answer your question either in this column or via email.
Enjoy the family, your vacation, and this incredibly beautiful weather, and please stay safe!
Dick Greenan is chairman of the Belgrade Lakes Watershed Dams Committee. He submitted this report on July 1, 2026.
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