Folsom Lake water level

What this means

Folsom Lake is at 402.29 ft, in the normal range for mid-October.

That puts it 4.31 ft below the median of 406.60 ft for mid-October, based on 36 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 407.67 ft (−5.38 ft).

It has dropped 2.25 ft over the past week. In the last month it has stayed between 402.29 ft and 408.27 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 36 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date

406.60 ft4.31 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

371.29 ft – 433.19 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (36 years of records)

Same day last year

407.67 ft−5.38 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

402.29 ft – 408.27 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

402.61 ft – 464.40 ft