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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 16th, 2026
Snowpack is 12.76% of avg
TotalPrecip is 77.51% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 394.9 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 227 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 62% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.90 on Friday, May 15th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on Apr 25, 2026
There are currently 1,842,657,245,852 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.1 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.25% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,737,215 acre feet

This is 58.53% of the May 15th average of 4,676,687 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,824,261 acre feet

This is 50.99% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,093,785 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,087,046 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 55.82% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 92.52% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 28.67% of the May 16th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.14 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 0.95 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is up 0.66 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
Wed, May 06, 2026
3526.01
-0.03
5,603,228
6853
7595
76.5
51.1
n/a
Tue, May 05, 2026
3526.04
-0.07
5,604,966
5596
7600
69.3
48.4
n/a
Mon, May 04, 2026
3526.11
-0.13
5,609,020
3745
7643
74.1
53.4
n/a
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
Averages of List
3526.24
0.05
5,616,653
9206
7509
83.3
57.1
n/a

Averages for May 15th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.95
-88.05
0.27
14,157,791
26981
13340
83.8
55.9
62.9
Since Filled
3627.54
-100.64
0.26
15,150,099
27486
13764
83.8
57.2
63.8
Since WY 2000
3595.22
-68.32
0.26
11,567,677
23249
11107
83.6
57.5
62.9

Last 10 May 15th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Thu, May 15, 2025
3558.04
-31.14
7,648,605
11021
9598
76.9
38.9
n/a
Wed, May 15, 2024
3562.26
-35.36
7,948,068
14363
10160
77.7
61.4
n/a
Mon, May 15, 2023
3539.15
-12.25
6,395,533
53903
17595
82.0
58.8
68.0
Sun, May 15, 2022
3524.78
2.12
5,913,076
23883
9317
95.0
64.0
64.0
Sat, May 15, 2021
3560.71
-33.81
8,377,124
5856
8447
89.0
64.0
64.0
Fri, May 15, 2020
3601.39
-74.49
11,883,172
19264
10452
83.0
58.0
65.0
Wed, May 15, 2019
3577.78
-50.88
9,750,548
24556
12219
87.0
59.0
64.0
Tue, May 15, 2018
3609.61
-82.71
12,691,083
19565
12534
84.0
57.0
63.0
Mon, May 15, 2017
3609.57
-82.67
12,687,066
42547
10953
78.0
55.0
63.0
Sun, May 15, 2016
3594.89
-67.99
11,268,993
35618
9936
81.0
64.9
65.0
Averages of List
3574.13
-47.23
9,480,675
24948
11338
81.9
57.2
64.6


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Friday, May 15th, 2026 where elevation was 3526.90'


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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
6.9 Above
7.9 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.1 Below
1.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
13.1 Below
12.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
22.1 Below
21.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
23.1 Below
22.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
29.1 Below
28.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
37.1 Below
36.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
51.1 Below
50.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
56.1 Below
55.1 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
61.1 Below
60.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
75.1 Below
74.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
86.1 Below
85.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
123.1 Below
122.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
126.1 Below
125.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
136.1 Below
135.1 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
143.1 Below
142.1 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
155.1 Below
154.1 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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