Lake Meredith water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Meredith is at 2,891.73 ft, 45.2% full (44.77 ft below full pool). That is 13.9 points above normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 226,159 of 500,000 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Meredith percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Lake Meredith from space
The same area near the lowest and the highest level since 2016, on clear days. Compare the shoreline and the coves.
Imagery: NASA GIBS, Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS). Landsat 8/9 courtesy of NASA/USGS; contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 79.7%Aug 19, 1999
- Record low
- 0.0%May 25, 2011
- 12-month high
- 47.6%Oct 29, 2025
- 12-month low
- 40.4%Sep 24, 2026
- Last time full
- Not in the record
- Change in 1 year
- −1.38 ft−2.4 pts
About Lake Meredith
- River basin
- Canadian
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 2,936.50 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 500,000 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 8,689 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 2,850.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Water supply for
- Amarillo, Lubbock
- Data since
- Jun 22, 1995
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47% | 47% | 46% | 45% | 44% | 44% | 44% | 42% | 41% | 44% | — | — |
| 2025 | 41% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 42% | 44% | 46% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 47% | 47% |
| 2024 | 44% | 44% | 44% | 44% | 43% | 43% | 42% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 40% | 41% |
| 2023 | 31% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 45% | 48% | 47% | 46% | 45% | 44% | 44% |
| 2022 | 34% | 34% | 34% | 34% | 33% | 32% | 31% | 32% | 32% | 32% | 31% | 31% |
| 2021 | 36% | 36% | 36% | 36% | 35% | 36% | 38% | 38% | 38% | 36% | 35% | 35% |
| 2020 | 42% | 42% | 42% | 42% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 36% | 36% |
| 2019 | 38% | 38% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 42% | 42% | 41% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 42% |
| 2018 | 41% | 41% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 38% | 37% | 37% | 37% | 38% | 38% |
| 2017 | 23% | 24% | 24% | 24% | 25% | 24% | 24% | 26% | 30% | 36% | 40% | 41% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Meredith full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Meredith was 45.2% full, 44.77 feet below its full pool elevation of 2,936.50 ft.
What is the normal level of Lake Meredith for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Meredith averaged 31.3% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 1.1% and 62.2%. Today it is +13.9 percentage points above that average.
What is the lowest Lake Meredith has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1995, the lowest daily value was 0.0% on May 25, 2011. The highest was 79.7% on Aug 19, 1999.
How often is the Lake Meredith water level updated?
TWDB publishes one reading per day for each reservoir. We check for new data every 2 hours and show the date of the reading next to the level. Recent values are provisional.
What does percent full mean?
It is the water stored in the conservation pool divided by the conservation capacity (500,000 acre-feet for Lake Meredith). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.