Bardwell Lake near Ennis water level

What this means

Bardwell Lake near Ennis is below normal for mid-October, with the lake level at 419.07 ft.

The median for mid-October is 419.93 ft, based on 7 years of readings, so the lake level is 0.86 ft below typical. On the same day last year the reading was 420.39 ft, a difference of −1.32 ft.

It has dropped 0.04 ft over the past 24 hours. With the water still dropping, the shoreline keeps moving out. In the last month it has stayed between 418.93 ft and 419.44 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

419.93 ft0.86 ft below the median for this date

Normal for this date

418.33 ft – 420.66 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (7 years of records)

Same day last year

420.39 ft−1.32 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

418.93 ft – 419.44 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

418.93 ft – 425.28 ft

Highest on record

440.70 ftJune 18, 2015