Washington Lake water level

What this means

There is plenty of water in Washington Lake: 9,979.88 ft, well above normal for mid-October.

That puts it 3.37 ft above the median of 9,976.51 ft for mid-October, based on 24 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 9,977.64 ft (+2.24 ft).

The water is rising: up 0.12 ft over the past week. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 9,979.58 ft and 9,981.34 ft.

Many reservoirs reach their low point of the year in fall, before winter rain and snow start the refill.

Compared with 24 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

9,976.51 ft3.37 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

9,960.56 ft – 9,979.55 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (24 years of records)

Same day last year

9,977.64 ft+2.24 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

9,979.58 ft – 9,981.34 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

9,977.63 ft – 9,987.05 ft