What is the climate of the Great Bear Lake?

It is marked by short, cool summers and long, very cold winters. The mean annual temperature is approximately -9°C. The mean summer temperature is 8°C and the mean winter temperature is -25.5°C.



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Great Bear Lake is among the planet's largest bodies of fresh water, with a surface area of 31,400 sq km and depths that reach 440 metres.

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Great Bear Lake straddles the Arctic Circle in the remote Northwest Territories of Canada. At just over 12,000 square miles, the lake is the eighth largest in the world. It is bigger than Belgium and deeper than Lake Superior, and it is covered in ice and snow most of the year.

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The volume is 187,800 cubic meters (153 acre-feet). The penetration of solar radiation into a lake is of fun- damental importance to the organisms dwelling there. Solar radiation is the overwhelming source of heat to warm the waters of Bear Lake.

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The decline has for years forced crews to push the docks forward to reach the lake's receding shoreline. The lake is still more than 14.5 feet below its capacity and hasn't been full since 2011, according to the water district.

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This large volume of water and the northern continental climate of the region give rise to a lake that is essentially polar (cold monomictic) although in a northern temperature setting.

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Bear Lake is a natural freshwater lake on the Idaho–Utah border in the Western United States. About 109 square miles in size, it is split about equally between the two states; its Utah portion comprises the second-largest natural freshwater lake in Utah, after Utah Lake.



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Bear Lake contains abundant suspended microscopic particles of white-colored calcium carbonate (lime) that reflect the water's natural blue color back to the surface, giving the lake its intense turquoise-blue color.

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Located near St. Charles, Idaho, Bear Lake North Beach just might be the best beach at Bear Lake. It's definitely one of the most popular, so make sure you get there early before they stop letting people in. Spend your time with friends and family swimming, kayaking, or water skiing.

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Specifically, a lack of nitrogen and phosphorous severely limits algal growth in Bear Lake, keeping its water clean and blue.

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