Cachuma Lake and Bradbury water level

What this means

Cachuma Lake and Bradbury is above normal at 742.49 ft.

That puts it 9.74 ft above the median of 732.75 ft for mid-October, based on 36 years of readings. A year ago it stood at 737.15 ft (+5.34 ft).

It has dropped 0.39 ft over the past week. In the last month it has stayed between 742.49 ft and 744.05 ft.

Many reservoirs are drawn down through summer and fall; most of the refill comes later, with winter rain or spring snowmelt.

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

Key numbers

Median for this date

732.75 ft9.74 ft above the median for this date

Normal for this date

689.76 ft – 747.26 ft8 years in 10 fall in this range (36 years of records)

Same day last year

737.15 ft+5.34 ft

Lowest and highest in 30 days

742.49 ft – 744.05 ft

Lowest and highest in 12 months

735.98 ft – 754.43 ft