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Lake Powell





Lake Powell

Lake Powell
For May 13th, 2026
Snowpack is 15.96% of avg
TotalPrecip is 78.26% of avg

Lake Powell is currently 394.4 feet deep at the dam
Water Summary
Today is day 224 of 365 for the Water Year 2026. We are 61% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 3526.40 on Tuesday, May 12th, 2026
Powell was last within 3" of this elevation on May 11, 2026
There are currently 1,833,187,025,771 gallons of water in Lake Powell!
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Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Glen Canyon Dam Release Data
Lake Powell is 173.6 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 3,700)

By content, Lake Powell is 23.13% of Full Pool (24,322,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 2,659,245 acre feet

This is 58.83% of the May 12th average of 4,519,921 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 3,778,903 acre feet

This is 50.39% of the minimum required of 7,500,000 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 1,122,848 AF and total outflows have exceeded total inflows by 1,119,658 AF
The 34 tracked reservoirs above Lake Powell are currently at 54.96% of capacity. Click for Details
Inflows for WY 2026 are 91.89% of WY         Rivers feeding Lake Powell are running at 35.48% of the May 13th avg. Click for Details

Lake Powell is down 31.57 feet from one year ago.    Lake Powell is up 0.45 feet from the low for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Powell is down -0.03 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
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
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
5673
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
Averages of List
3526.15
-0
5,611,135
7499
7432
79.2
54.4
n/a

Averages for May 12th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR vs AVERAGE CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
All-Time
3614.18
-87.78
0.25
14,077,487
25371
12924
80.7
53
61.3
Since Filled
3626.77
-100.37
0.24
15,067,403
25926
13696
81.5
54.8
61.8
Since WY 2000
3594.45
-68.05
0.24
11,499,976
21794
10721
80.4
53.9
61.3

Last 10 May 12th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP WATER TEMP
Mon, May 12, 2025
3557.97
-31.57
7,643,700
9969
9691
86.3
51.6
n/a
Sun, May 12, 2024
3561.94
-35.54
7,925,086
13874
8511
76.7
52.0
n/a
Fri, May 12, 2023
3536.04
-9.64
6,202,305
53643
17659
75.6
54.5
65.0
Thu, May 12, 2022
3523.71
2.69
5,847,681
22022
9871
70.0
48.0
61.0
Wed, May 12, 2021
3560.98
-34.58
8,397,749
8425
11020
83.0
53.0
62.0
Tue, May 12, 2020
3600.94
-74.54
11,839,972
17794
10569
84.0
61.0
64.0
Sun, May 12, 2019
3576.80
-50.40
9,667,880
29029
10819
80.0
52.0
64.0
Sat, May 12, 2018
3609.31
-82.91
12,660,971
9988
8973
74.0
64.0
63.0
Fri, May 12, 2017
3607.90
-81.50
12,520,080
37188
10738
87.0
57.0
63.0
Thu, May 12, 2016
3593.61
-67.21
11,150,474
27240
11760
82.9
53.1
60.0
Averages of List
3573.21
-46.81
9,408,278
23865
11161
82.3
57.1
63.9


Accessibility of Launch Ramps, Primitive Launches and Other Sites
As of Tuesday, May 12th, 2026 where elevation was 3526.40'


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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
6.4 Above
7.4 Above
Open and Usable
Bullfrog North Ramp
3529.00
3528.00
2.6 Below
1.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Antelope Point Business Ramp
3540.00
3539.00
13.6 Below
12.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog Spur (Boats < 25')
3549.00
3548.00
22.6 Below
21.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Wahweap (Main Launch)
3550.00
3549.00
23.6 Below
22.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Halls Crossing (use at own risk)
3556.00
3555.00
29.6 Below
28.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Stateline Launch
3564.00
3563.00
37.6 Below
36.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog (Main Launch)
3578.00
3577.00
51.6 Below
50.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Castle Rock Cut-Off
3583.00
3582.00
56.6 Below
55.6 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Antelope Point Public Ramp
3588.00
3587.00
61.6 Below
60.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Dominguez Butte Cut-Off
3602.00
3601.00
75.6 Below
74.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Gunsight to Padre Bay Cut-Off
3613.00
3612.00
86.6 Below
85.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Hite
3650.00
3649.00
123.6 Below
122.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Farley Canyon
3653.00
3652.00
126.6 Below
125.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Copper Canyon
3663.00
3662.00
136.6 Below
135.6 Below
Unusable, go to main marinas
Bullfrog to Halls Creek Cut-Off
3670.00
3669.00
143.6 Below
142.6 Below
Unusable, use Main Channel
Piute Farms
3682.00
3681.00
155.6 Below
154.6 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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