<p>An article <a href="http://askbaikal.com/2012/01/how-huge-are-baikal-waves/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> says 4 meters. (No statistical data however, just a general information page)</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Waves on Lake Baikal may reach a height of 4 meters. Sometimes they
  evaluated as 5 and even 6 meters, but it is most likely an estimation
  “by eye”, which has a large error. Height of 4 meters obtained by
  instrumental measurements on the high seas.</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>Another source, <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=bibY60NWOlEC&amp;pg=PA179&amp;dq=wave%20height%20lake%20baikal&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjf9ZqmqdHYAhVF-mMKHWaQD14Q6AEILzAB#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Lakes Handbook: Lake Restoration and Rehabilitation</a>
edited by Patrick O'Sullivan, C. S. Reynolds, (pg 179) agrees with this figure (emphasis mine):</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Baikal exhibits many features of an ocean: abyssal depth, internal
  waves and seiches, tides, <strong>violent storms in which wave-height
  reaches up to 4m</strong>, and deep water luminescence of uncertain nature.</p>
</blockquote>

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<p>I'm trying to find info on the storminess of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Lake Baikal</a>. I want to compare wave heights in a storm on this lake to wave heights in a storm on the ocean.</p>

<p>All I could find was very general information that Lake Baikal experiences a stormy season in autumn with approximately 18 stormy days per month. I could not find any hard statistical data on waves or winds.</p>

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How stormy (wave height) does Lake Baikal get?
DrZ214
# How stormy (wave height) does Lake Baikal get?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-09)

I'm trying to find info on the storminess of [Lake Baikal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Baikal). I want to compare wave heights in a storm on this lake to wave heights in a storm on the ocean.

All I could find was very general information that Lake Baikal experiences a stormy season in autumn with approximately 18 stormy days per month. I could not find any hard statistical data on waves or winds.

**Tags:** hydrology, storms, lakes


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-01-11. Score: 2

An article [here](http://askbaikal.com/2012/01/how-huge-are-baikal-waves/) says 4 meters. (No statistical data however, just a general information page)

> Waves on Lake Baikal may reach a height of 4 meters. Sometimes they
> evaluated as 5 and even 6 meters, but it is most likely an estimation
> “by eye”, which has a large error. Height of 4 meters obtained by
> instrumental measurements on the high seas.

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Another source, [The Lakes Handbook: Lake Restoration and Rehabilitation](https://books.google.com/books?id=bibY60NWOlEC&pg=PA179&dq=wave%20height%20lake%20baikal&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf9ZqmqdHYAhVF-mMKHWaQD14Q6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q&f=false)
edited by Patrick O'Sullivan, C. S. Reynolds, (pg 179) agrees with this figure (emphasis mine):

> Baikal exhibits many features of an ocean: abyssal depth, internal
> waves and seiches, tides, **violent storms in which wave-height
> reaches up to 4m**, and deep water luminescence of uncertain nature.


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