Waters · Lakes · TN · Thu, Oct 8
Normandy Lake water level today 870.12 ft, falling
Bite index 6/10 — Biting — save your energy for the evening.
Worth a cast.
Built from solunar, pressure, level, wind. This water has no live gauge for every reading — see the sources below.
Today's bite windows
Sunrise 6:45 AM · sunset 6:18 PM · tomorrow's first major 10:44 AM–12:44 PM · windows on every water
Conditions right now
What this means
Normandy Lake level over the last 8 days
870.12 ft down 0.10 ft in 24 hours
That sits 0% of the way up the band it has held over the last 8 days, between 870.12 and 870.87 ft. Over the week it is down0.65ft.
The week ahead
| Fri | 6 | Biting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat | 7 | Biting | |
| Sun | 7 | Biting | |
| Mon | 6 | Biting | |
| Tue | 6 | Biting | |
| Wed | 6 | Biting | |
| Thu | 6 | Biting |
Forecast days carry solunar and the wind outlook. Pressure and gauge movement land the morning of.
Before you go
A Tennessee fishing license covers this water — $33 a year for residents. TWRA sets the rules and is the one that counts.
What it costs, and who is exempt →Nearby waters today
- 6 Biting Nickajack Lake TN · 77 km
- 6 Biting Chickamauga Lake TN · 101 km
- 5 Picky Lake Guntersville AL · 117 km
- 6 Biting Rocky River NC · 618 km
- 6 Biting Port Aransas TX · 1328 km
Questions people ask about Normandy Lake
Answered from the same readings as the rest of this page. Where we have no basis for an answer, there is no entry — spot-by-spot local knowledge is not something we can claim for Normandy Lake.
- Is it worth fishing Normandy Lake today?
- 6 out of 10 — biting. Worth a cast. The strongest stretch is 9:59 AM–11:59 AM. That number is worked out fresh each morning from the solunar windows, the pressure trend, the water level.
- What time should you fish Normandy Lake?
- Today's major windows run 9:59 AM–11:59 AM and 10:22 PM–12:22 AM, with minor windows at 4:08 AM–5:08 AM and 4:40 PM–5:40 PM. Sunrise is 6:45 AM and sunset 6:18 PM. A major landing on first or last light is the stretch worth setting an alarm for.
- What is the water temperature at Normandy Lake?
- No gauge on Normandy Lake measures it, so this is an estimate: roughly 69.2°F, worked out from the 7-day mean of air temperature at NOAA weather station KTHA (Tullahoma Regional Airport/William Northern Field). Checked against the lakes that do have a thermometer, that method lands within about 4.5°F of the real reading and was off by 8.3°F at worst. Treat it as a ballpark, not a measurement — and note the bite index above ignores it entirely, because an error that size would move the verdict as often as it would fix it.
- What is the water level at Normandy Lake right now?
- 870.12 ft, read at 9:00 AM from NOAA NWPS station NRMT1. Over 24 hours it is down 0.10 ft.
- Are water levels rising or falling at Normandy Lake?
- Falling. The lake is down 0.10 ft in 24 hours and down 0.65 ft over the week. Over the last 8 days it has held between 870.12 and 870.87 ft. Every figure here is a difference between two gauge readings, not a forecast — what the level does next depends on rain and on what the dam releases.
- Can you eat the fish you catch in Normandy Lake?
- That is a health question and it belongs with the state, not with us. TN publishes fish consumption advisories through its health or environmental agency, and those are the ones that count. We give no eating advice.
- Do you need a licence to fish Normandy Lake?
- Yes. A Tennessee fishing license covers this water, required from age 13. TWRA sets the rules and is the one that counts.
Where these numbers come from
- Solunar computed 10:12 AM
- NOAA KTHA Tullahoma Regional Airport/William Northern Field 9:35 AM
- NOAA OHX gridded forecast 9:31 AM
- NOAA NWPS NRMT1 Duck River at Normandy Dam · data from US Geological Survey 9:00 AM
The Duck River above Normandy Dam, read by the Tennessee Valley Authority and republished by NOAA. Full summer pool is about 873.5 ft. No temperature sensor at the gauge, so the depth calls stay open.
No one types these in by hand. If a source goes quiet, the page says so instead of showing you yesterday.