Graph of Lake Okeechobee Water levels from January 2017 through September 6, 2018.
Lake Okeechobee levels rose from a low of 10.93 on June 1, 2017, to 13.67 feet on September 5, 2017, when the Corps initiated a pre-storm drawdown in advance of Hurricane Irma. Following Irma, the lake level rose more than 3 feet within a month, reaching a high of 17.2 feet NGVD on October 9. Lake Okeechobee level is at 14.66 feet above sea level as of September 6, 2018.