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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For February 26th, 2026
Snowpack is 65.07% of avg
TotalPrecip is 88.2% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 399.46 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 148 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 41% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3531.46 on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Feb 24, 2026
There are currently 1,930,390,788,002 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 168.54 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 24.36% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 1,742,697 acre feet

This is 68.89% of the February 25th average of 2,529,590 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 2,572,926 acre feet

This is 34.31% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 824,541 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 830,229 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.81% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 100% of WY 2025         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 56.39% of the February 26th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.8 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 14.19 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -1.94 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Wed, Feb 25, 2026
3531.46
-0.12
5,924,144
5942
9784
69.8
39.7
n/a
Tue, Feb 24, 2026
3531.58
-0.20
5,931,334
3245
9704
68.2
32.9
n/a
Mon, Feb 23, 2026
3531.78
-0.14
5,943,330
5059
9563
59.4
29.1
n/a
Sun, Feb 22, 2026
3531.92
-0.15
5,951,736
4124
8959
53.4
25.5
n/a
Sat, Feb 21, 2026
3532.07
-0.11
5,960,750
5525
9053
46.9
22.8
n/a
Fri, Feb 20, 2026
3532.18
-0.15
5,967,366
4697
9540
44.2
28.6
n/a
Thu, Feb 19, 2026
3532.33
-0.12
5,976,394
5755
9618
37.0
25.3
n/a
Wed, Feb 18, 2026
3532.45
-0.16
5,983,623
4389
9568
44.4
28.6
n/a
Tue, Feb 17, 2026
3532.61
-0.08
5,993,269
7021
9575
52.2
36.5
n/a
Mon, Feb 16, 2026
3532.69
-0.21
5,998,096
2725
9556
60.3
34.3
n/a
Sun, Feb 15, 2026
3532.90
-0.11
6,010,777
5420
8966
57.2
31.8
n/a
Sat, Feb 14, 2026
3533.01
-0.12
6,017,426
5210
9087
54.3
28.9
n/a
Fri, Feb 13, 2026
3533.13
-0.16
6,024,684
4312
9511
45.7
37.0
n/a
Thu, Feb 12, 2026
3533.29
-0.11
6,034,370
6022
9576
56.5
34.2
n/a
Averages of List
3532.39
-0.14
5,979,807
4960
9433
53.5
31.1
n/a

Averages for February 25th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3612.58
-81.12
-0.05
13,845,035
8832
11861
57.3
33.9
47.2
Since Filled
3624.78
-93.32
-0.09
14,832,688
8369
13052
55.9
34.3
47.3
Since WY 2000
3594.14
-62.68
-0.1
11,486,269
6485
11725
55.1
32.9
47.2

Last 10 February 25th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, Feb 25, 2025
3563.26
-31.80
8,020,237
5584
11400
68.3
38.7
n/a
Sun, Feb 25, 2024
3562.56
-31.10
7,969,666
5938
9375
58.8
42.5
n/a
Sat, Feb 25, 2023
3521.31
10.15
5,334,933
7755
8609
52.5
24.3
42.0
Fri, Feb 25, 2022
3527.51
3.95
6,081,929
7247
10226
46.0
24.0
44.0
Thu, Feb 25, 2021
3572.00
-40.54
9,269,697
-1286
11965
50.0
34.0
46.0
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
3603.07
-71.61
12,045,397
2385
12277
47.0
32.0
47.0
Mon, Feb 25, 2019
3572.43
-40.97
9,304,912
4898
13264
45.0
28.0
45.0
Sun, Feb 25, 2018
3616.42
-84.96
13,387,387
8285
12647
45.0
28.0
47.0
Sat, Feb 25, 2017
3594.26
-62.80
11,210,560
9332
13221
46.0
27.0
49.0
Thu, Feb 25, 2016
3594.58
-63.12
11,240,216
10645
13030
60.1
35.1
50.0
Averages of List
3572.61
-41.15
9,376,644
6055
11558
52.8
31.4
46.2


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 where elevation was 3531.46'


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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
11.46 Above
12.46 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.46 Above
3.46 Above
Open and Usable
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
8.54 Below
7.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
17.54 Below
16.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
18.54 Below
17.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
24.54 Below
23.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
32.54 Below
31.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
46.54 Below
45.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
51.54 Below
50.54 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
56.54 Below
55.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
70.54 Below
69.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
81.54 Below
80.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
118.54 Below
117.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
121.54 Below
120.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
131.54 Below
130.54 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
138.54 Below
137.54 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
150.54 Below
149.54 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 - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
Outflow - Average Cubic Feet / Second over entire 24 hour period
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
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Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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