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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 5th, 2026
Snowpack is 1.15% of avg
TotalPrecip is 56.83% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 394.24 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 215 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 59% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.24 on Sunday, May 3rd, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on May 2, 2026
There are currently 1,830,162,472,807 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.76 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.09% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,512,831 acre feet

This is 61.08% of the May 3rd average of 4,114,169 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,644,284 acre feet

This is 48.59% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,132,130 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,131,453 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 69.26% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 92.68% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 22.62% of the May 5th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.66 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is at low for water year and down 19.41 feet from the high.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.94 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, May 03, 2026
3526.24
0.00
5,616,555
7392
7187
80.0
55.4
n/a
Sat, May 02, 2026
3526.24
0.00
5,616,555
7412
7207
75.1
48.4
n/a
Fri, May 01, 2026
3526.24
-0.05
5,616,555
6267
7641
68.5
50.5
n/a
Thu, Apr 30, 2026
3526.29
-0.02
5,619,455
6621
7069
70.3
50.0
n/a
Wed, Apr 29, 2026
3526.31
-0.12
5,620,615
3472
7080
71.4
50.0
n/a
Tue, Apr 28, 2026
3526.43
-0.10
5,627,578
4105
7083
69.1
46.2
n/a
Mon, Apr 27, 2026
3526.53
-0.13
5,633,385
3143
7073
68.2
43.0
n/a
Sun, Apr 26, 2026
3526.66
-0.12
5,640,938
3456
7072
59.4
49.1
n/a
Sat, Apr 25, 2026
3526.78
0.07
5,647,916
9471
7071
72.5
49.8
n/a
Fri, Apr 24, 2026
3526.71
-0.14
5,643,845
2816
7067
72.3
46.8
n/a
Thu, Apr 23, 2026
3526.85
-0.09
5,651,989
4396
7065
68.4
44.1
n/a
Wed, Apr 22, 2026
3526.94
-0.04
5,657,228
7129
8213
66.4
51.4
n/a
Tue, Apr 21, 2026
3526.98
-0.17
5,659,558
2988
8197
79.7
57.7
n/a
Mon, Apr 20, 2026
3527.15
-0.03
5,669,464
7562
8330
79.2
55.6
n/a
Averages of List
3526.60
-0.07
5,637,260
5445
7383
71.5
49.9
n/a

Averages for May 3rd

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.04
-87.80
0.13
14,044,652
20417
12936
79.6
52.1
60.2
Since Filled
3625.81
-99.57
0.17
14,970,952
21569
12939
79.6
53
60.6
Since WY 2000
3595.54
-69.30
0.14
11,594,061
17510
11480
78.3
53.3
60.2

Last 10 May 3rd's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Sun, May 04, 2025
3557.86
-31.62
7,635,996
8426
9674
72.7
48.7
n/a
Sat, May 04, 2024
3560.76
-34.52
7,840,739
14614
8903
76.2
57.0
n/a
Thu, May 04, 2023
3527.45
-1.21
5,686,972
44949
17461
62.8
49.5
64.0
Wed, May 04, 2022
3522.83
3.41
5,794,230
12493
9962
70.0
49.0
58.0
Tue, May 04, 2021
3561.79
-35.55
8,459,837
5343
11720
82.0
54.0
60.0
Mon, May 04, 2020
3599.34
-73.10
11,687,225
15059
10484
82.0
64.0
63.0
Sat, May 04, 2019
3573.66
-47.42
9,406,140
41319
10888
81.0
53.0
61.0
Fri, May 04, 2018
3609.23
-82.99
12,652,950
12362
12439
77.0
50.0
59.0
Thu, May 04, 2017
3605.15
-78.91
12,248,308
23261
11061
87.0
54.0
62.0
Wed, May 04, 2016
3592.58
-66.34
11,055,682
17289
11878
84.9
54.0
59.0
Averages of List
3571.26
-45.02
9,261,401
19486
11195
78.3
53.4
61.4


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Sunday, May 3rd, 2026 where elevation was 3526.24'


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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
6.24 Above
7.24 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.76 Below
1.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
13.76 Below
12.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
22.76 Below
21.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
23.76 Below
22.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
29.76 Below
28.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
37.76 Below
36.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
51.76 Below
50.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
56.76 Below
55.76 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
61.76 Below
60.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
75.76 Below
74.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
86.76 Below
85.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
123.76 Below
122.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
126.76 Below
125.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
136.76 Below
135.76 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
143.76 Below
142.76 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
155.76 Below
154.76 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
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Current Snowpack Conditions for Upper Colorado Basin


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