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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 24th, 2026
Snowpack is 16.34% of avg
TotalPrecip is 78.72% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 395.74 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 235 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 64% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3527.74 on Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on May 22, 2026
There are currently 1,858,632,763,862 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 172.26 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.45% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,911,766 acre feet

This is 56.43% of the May 23rd average of 5,159,515 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,942,569 acre feet

This is 52.57% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,044,758 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,030,803 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 68.2% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 91.64% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 18.86% of the May 24th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.1 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 1.79 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 1.76 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sat, May 23, 2026
3527.74
0.07
5,703,927
9567
7129
84.7
58.6
n/a
Fri, May 22, 2026
3527.67
0.07
5,699,831
10043
7606
82.0
58.6
n/a
Thu, May 21, 2026
3527.60
0.10
5,695,738
11010
7620
83.5
53.4
n/a
Wed, May 20, 2026
3527.50
0.04
5,689,893
9123
7643
75.0
48.7
n/a
Tue, May 19, 2026
3527.46
0.16
5,687,556
13086
7791
71.4
46.0
n/a
Mon, May 18, 2026
3527.30
0.15
5,678,214
12558
7586
67.7
48.4
n/a
Sun, May 17, 2026
3527.15
0.01
5,669,464
7661
7137
82.8
58.1
n/a
Sat, May 16, 2026
3527.14
0.24
5,668,881
14954
7134
86.3
62.3
n/a
Fri, May 15, 2026
3526.90
0.18
5,654,900
13533
7625
90.2
61.5
n/a
Thu, May 14, 2026
3526.72
0.17
5,644,427
13205
7619
87.3
60.3
n/a
Wed, May 13, 2026
3526.55
0.15
5,634,546
12571
7623
90.1
67.3
n/a
Tue, May 12, 2026
3526.40
0.16
5,625,837
12929
7670
93.6
63.7
n/a
Mon, May 11, 2026
3526.24
0.19
5,616,555
13850
7650
89.8
60.3
n/a
Sun, May 10, 2026
3526.05
0.07
5,605,545
9605
7194
84.0
59.0
n/a
Averages of List
3527.03
0.13
5,662,522
11693
7502
83.5
57.6
n/a

Averages for May 23rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3617.71
-89.97
0.43
14,435,576
34253
14128
83.1
56.3
65
Since Filled
3630.28
-102.54
0.4
15,443,270
35113
14177
84
57.5
65.3
Since WY 2000
3597.89
-70.15
0.41
11,805,612
29675
11202
79.6
56.2
64.7

Last 10 May 23rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Fri, May 23, 2025
3558.84
-31.10
7,704,802
12307
9727
90.1
47.0
n/a
Thu, May 23, 2024
3564.28
-36.54
8,094,309
31942
10264
79.3
60.2
n/a
Tue, May 23, 2023
3550.47
-22.73
7,129,631
72539
18135
83.5
61.9
70.0
Mon, May 23, 2022
3528.94
-1.20
6,171,526
31046
9946
78.0
61.0
63.0
Sun, May 23, 2021
3559.95
-32.21
8,319,256
4100
7507
74.0
47.0
64.0
Sat, May 23, 2020
3603.22
-75.48
12,059,954
29552
9565
79.0
61.0
66.0
Thu, May 23, 2019
3581.27
-53.53
10,048,724
34655
12222
61.0
44.0
59.0
Wed, May 23, 2018
3610.61
-82.87
12,791,799
20084
13565
84.0
55.0
66.0
Tue, May 23, 2017
3614.60
-86.86
13,198,904
40634
10999
84.0
59.0
64.0
Mon, May 23, 2016
3599.06
-71.32
11,660,626
44722
11775
78.1
53.1
64.0
Averages of List
3577.58
-49.84
9,754,114
31591
11539
81.3
55.9
65.1


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Saturday, May 23rd, 2026 where elevation was 3527.74'


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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
7.74 Above
8.74 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
1.26 Below
0.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
12.26 Below
11.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
21.26 Below
20.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
22.26 Below
21.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
28.26 Below
27.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
36.26 Below
35.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
50.26 Below
49.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
55.26 Below
54.26 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
60.26 Below
59.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
74.26 Below
73.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
85.26 Below
84.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
122.26 Below
121.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
125.26 Below
124.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
135.26 Below
134.26 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
142.26 Below
141.26 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
154.26 Below
153.26 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
USBR Projected Outlook
Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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