Navarro Mills Lake near Dawson water level

What this means

The lake level at Navarro Mills Lake near Dawson reads 422.39 ft, about where it usually sits at this time of year.

That puts it 1.22 ft below the median of 423.61 ft for mid-October, based on 7 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 423.90 ft (−1.51 ft).

It is still going down, by 0.04 ft over the past 24 hours. The 30-day range is 421.93 ft – 422.59 ft.

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

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

Key numbers

Median for this date

423.61 ft1.22 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

421.13 ft – 424.02 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

423.90 ft−1.51 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

421.93 ft – 422.59 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

421.93 ft – 425.47 ft

Highest on record

443.33 ftOctober 31, 2015