El Vado Lake water level

What this means

El Vado Lake is below normal for mid-October, with the lake level at 6,812.00 ft.

That puts it 43.01 ft below the median of 6,855.01 ft for mid-October, based on 36 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 6,820.08 ft (−8.08 ft).

It has risen 0.11 ft over the past week. In the last month it has stayed between 6,809.66 ft and 6,813.30 ft.

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

Compared with 36 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

6,855.01 ft43.01 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

6,796.80 ft – 6,882.07 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (36 years of records)

Same day last year

6,820.08 ft−8.08 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

6,809.66 ft – 6,813.30 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

6,809.65 ft – 6,820.40 ft