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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 21st, 2026
Snowpack is 16.02% of avg
TotalPrecip is 79.36% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 395.5 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 232 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 64% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3527.50 on Wednesday, May 20th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on May 19, 2026
There are currently 1,854,059,764,907 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 172.5 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.39% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,851,032 acre feet

This is 57.43% of the May 20th average of 4,964,233 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,898,228 acre feet

This is 51.98% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,058,792 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,047,196 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 57.29% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 92.12% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 22.17% of the May 21st avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.04 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 1.55 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 1.49 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Sat, May 09, 2026
3525.98
0.03
5,601,491
8339
7189
90.1
61.0
n/a
Fri, May 08, 2026
3525.95
0.00
5,599,755
7856
7651
87.4
58.5
n/a
Thu, May 07, 2026
3525.95
-0.06
5,599,755
5991
7678
79.2
51.6
n/a
Averages of List
3526.66
0.11
5,641,201
11090
7514
83.9
57.6
n/a

Averages for May 20th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3616.51
-89.01
0.37
14,317,544
31121
13537
83.6
57
65
Since Filled
3629.11
-101.61
0.33
15,318,799
32273
14113
82.7
55.6
65.2
Since WY 2000
3596.72
-69.22
0.34
11,701,224
26826
11080
81.2
57.5
65

Last 10 May 20th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Tue, May 20, 2025
3558.54
-31.04
7,683,698
13462
9739
77.9
41.1
n/a
Mon, May 20, 2024
3562.86
-35.36
7,991,311
15139
10131
77.0
60.2
n/a
Sat, May 20, 2023
3545.86
-18.36
6,824,777
66217
17755
72.9
59.5
70.0
Fri, May 20, 2022
3527.15
0.35
6,059,498
30090
9899
78.0
61.0
67.0
Thu, May 20, 2021
3560.24
-32.74
8,341,304
10320
10831
87.0
67.0
65.0
Wed, May 20, 2020
3602.36
-74.86
11,976,656
26883
10141
71.0
52.0
64.0
Mon, May 20, 2019
3579.73
-52.23
9,916,423
33436
12128
57.0
42.0
62.0
Sun, May 20, 2018
3610.35
-82.85
12,765,563
18949
9146
84.0
62.0
66.0
Sat, May 20, 2017
3612.87
-85.37
13,021,359
47283
10147
75.0
48.0
61.0
Fri, May 20, 2016
3597.21
-69.71
11,485,837
42037
11957
82.9
66.0
63.0
Averages of List
3576.16
-48.66
9,641,782
30710
11218
77.3
53.9
64.8


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Wednesday, May 20th, 2026 where elevation was 3527.50'


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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
7.5 Above
8.5 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
1.5 Below
0.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
12.5 Below
11.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
21.5 Below
20.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
22.5 Below
21.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
28.5 Below
27.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
36.5 Below
35.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
50.5 Below
49.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
55.5 Below
54.5 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
60.5 Below
59.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
74.5 Below
73.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
85.5 Below
84.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
122.5 Below
121.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
125.5 Below
124.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
135.5 Below
134.5 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
142.5 Below
141.5 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
154.5 Below
153.5 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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