Mille Lacs Lake near Garrison water level

What this means

Mille Lacs Lake near Garrison is far below normal for mid-October, with the lake level at 10.11 ft.

That puts it 0.47 ft below the median of 10.58 ft for mid-October, based on 7 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 10.42 ft (−0.31 ft).

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 10.04 ft and 10.35 ft.

Lakes and reservoirs often sit lower in fall after a summer of evaporation and use, and recover with winter rain and spring snowmelt.

Compared with 7 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

10.58 ft0.47 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

10.33 ft – 11.08 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

10.42 ft−0.31 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

10.04 ft – 10.35 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

10.04 ft – 11.05 ft

Highest on record

13.64 ftJuly 21, 2002