Perry Lake near Perry water level

What this means

Perry Lake near Perry is well above normal at 894.10 ft.

The median for mid-October is 892.36 ft, based on 7 years of readings, so the lake level is 1.74 ft above typical. On the same day last year the reading was 893.81 ft, a difference of +0.29 ft. The record high is 920.90 ft, set on July 25, 1993.

It has dropped 0.17 ft over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 893.99 ft and 899.42 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

892.36 ft1.74 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

890.50 ft – 893.83 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

893.81 ft+0.29 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

893.99 ft – 899.42 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

890.09 ft – 902.49 ft

Highest on record

920.90 ftJuly 25, 1993