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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For December 5th, 2025
Snowpack is 52.52% of avg
TotalPrecip is 100.73% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 410.94 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 64 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 18% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3542.94 on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Dec 2, 2025
There are currently 2,162,306,744,604 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 157.06 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 27.28% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 947,023 acre feet

This is 80.56% of the December 3rd average of 1,175,498 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 1,029,618 acre feet

This is 13.73% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 112,818 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 82,595 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.66% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 114.34% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 65.68% of the December 5th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.99 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 2.71 feet from the high.

View CFS     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.26 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Dec 03, 2025
3542.94
-0.13
6,635,867
7992
16521
39.9
30.6
n/a
Tue, Dec 02, 2025
3543.07
-0.09
6,644,207
10749
16509
48.0
27.5
n/a
Mon, Dec 01, 2025
3543.16
-0.10
6,649,985
9875
16333
43.7
28.8
n/a
Sun, Nov 30, 2025
3543.26
-0.12
6,656,409
9530
17242
55.0
30.2
n/a
Sat, Nov 29, 2025
3543.38
-0.08
6,664,122
12432
17369
47.1
31.1
n/a
Fri, Nov 28, 2025
3543.46
-0.14
6,669,268
8590
17701
61.5
35.1
n/a
Thu, Nov 27, 2025
3543.60
-0.09
6,678,278
11526
17166
50.7
33.3
n/a
Wed, Nov 26, 2025
3543.69
-0.09
6,684,074
11758
17400
50.2
31.3
n/a
Tue, Nov 25, 2025
3543.78
-0.08
6,689,874
12469
17418
49.8
31.6
n/a
Mon, Nov 24, 2025
3543.86
-0.07
6,695,031
13391
17645
51.4
33.1
n/a
Sun, Nov 23, 2025
3543.93
-0.11
6,699,546
10229
17273
48.6
37.9
n/a
Sat, Nov 22, 2025
3544.04
-0.05
6,706,645
14451
17315
50.9
35.6
n/a
Fri, Nov 21, 2025
3544.09
-0.06
6,709,873
14047
17609
49.3
37.8
n/a
Thu, Nov 20, 2025
3544.15
-0.05
6,713,748
13989
16854
51.4
40.3
n/a
Averages of List
3543.60
-0.09
6,678,352
11502
17168
49.8
33.2
n/a

Averages for December 3rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3624.60
-81.66
-0.09
14,777,925
16817
24994
49.9
30.6
54.9
Since Filled
3633.74
-90.80
-0.11
15,824,241
16587
26752
49.7
29.8
54.9
Since WY 2000
3606.80
-63.86
-0.14
12,685,130
12523
24953
47
30.3
54.9

Last 10 December 3rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (af) OUTFLOW (af) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Dec 04, 2024
3574.80
-31.86
8,884,999
9821
20094
47.8
29.9
n/a
Mon, Dec 04, 2023
3571.06
-28.12
8,598,163
12700
20295
54.9
32.0
60.0
Sun, Dec 04, 2022
3527.62
15.32
5,696,907
9533
16691
35.6
28.9
49.0
Sat, Dec 04, 2021
3541.23
1.71
6,974,180
10060
19788
57.0
35.0
54.0
Fri, Dec 04, 2020
3587.02
-44.08
10,552,892
9360
24020
47.0
23.0
54.0
Wed, Dec 04, 2019
3610.90
-67.96
12,821,106
12117
24359
46.0
36.0
55.0
Tue, Dec 04, 2018
3585.94
-43.00
10,456,971
8364
24853
39.0
25.0
54.0
Mon, Dec 04, 2017
3624.95
-82.01
14,295,011
11655
24825
46.0
33.0
57.0
Sun, Dec 04, 2016
3605.21
-62.27
12,254,195
9126
26317
46.0
27.0
56.0
Fri, Dec 04, 2015
3604.90
-61.96
12,223,799
12224
29388
46.9
30.9
56.0
Averages of List
3583.25
-40.31
10,265,919
12994
22978
50.5
30.4
54.9


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 where elevation was 3542.94'


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SITE/LAUNCH NAME MINIMUM SAFE
ELEVATION
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
USABLE ELEVATION
CURRENT LEVEL VS.
NPS MIN SAFE
CURRENT LEVEL VS.
ABSOLUTE MINIMUM
CURRENT ACCESSIBILITY
Stateline Auxiliary Ramp
3520.00
3519.00
22.94 Above
23.94 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
13.94 Above
14.94 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
2.94 Above
3.94 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
6.06 Below
5.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
7.06 Below
6.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
13.06 Below
12.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
21.06 Below
20.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
35.06 Below
34.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
40.06 Below
39.06 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
45.06 Below
44.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
59.06 Below
58.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
70.06 Below
69.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
107.06 Below
106.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
110.06 Below
109.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
120.06 Below
119.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
127.06 Below
126.06 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
139.06 Below
138.06 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Blue Notch is unknown and really just shoreline launching at whatever point feels good. No minimum given except amount of courage it takes to reach this launch.


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Wahweap, AZ
Water temperature data is from wayneswords.com*
CHANGE represents water elevation change from previous day

Units used in each measurement:
Elevation - Feet above sea level
Change - Feet difference over previous measurement
Content - Acre Feet
Inflow - Acre Feet per day
Outflow - Acre Feet per day
All Temps - Degrees Farhenheit
The Water Year runs from October 1 to September 30 of the next year
Acre Feet = 1.9835 * Flow CFS
TP = Total Precipitation



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Water data courtesy of US Bureau of Reclamation
The water year runs from Oct 1 - Sept 30
Since Filled is from 06/22/1980 forward
*Water temp data is provided by Stevie Kelso and the UT Division of Wildlife Resources
  as measured in the a.m. at the Wahweap docks
*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):
  Page, AZ Weather
All data is provisional and subject to review and modification
Call 1-800-752-8525 for up-to-date water level infomation
Using Water Year 2000 as start of prolonged drought in SW USA
or go to Lake Powell Source Data
USBR Projected Outlook
Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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