Lake Palestine water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Palestine is at 342.79 ft, 86.7% full (2.21 ft below full pool). That is 4.4 points below normal for this date.
Lowest since December 2023Near normal
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 318,410 of 367,303 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Palestine percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Lake Palestine 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 2023, 2025. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%May 13, 1999
- Record low
- 65.1%Nov 12, 2011
- 12-month high
- 100.0%Dec 4, 2025
- 12-month low
- 86.7%Oct 27, 2026
- Last time full
- May 7, 2026
- Change in 1 year
- −1.99 ft−11.9 pts
About Lake Palestine
- River basin
- Neches
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 345.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 367,303 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 21,136 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 298.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- No
- Data since
- May 13, 1999
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 99% | 98% | 93% | 91% | 88% | — | — |
| 2025 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 99% | 97% | 98% | 100% |
| 2024 | 91% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 95% | 92% | 93% | 95% |
| 2023 | 95% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 92% | 87% | 86% | 86% | 87% |
| 2022 | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 93% | 88% | 88% | 85% | 85% | 90% |
| 2021 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 96% | 95% | 97% |
| 2020 | 94% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 100% | 97% | 100% | 99% | 98% | 99% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 92% | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| 2018 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 96% | 94% | 89% | 88% | 93% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 95% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 98% | 95% | 94% | 96% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Palestine full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Palestine was 86.7% full, 2.21 feet below its full pool elevation of 345.00 ft. It was last full on May 7, 2026.
What is the normal level of Lake Palestine for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Palestine averaged 91.1% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 84.0% and 100.0%. Today it is −4.4 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Lake Palestine has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1999, the lowest daily value was 65.1% on Nov 12, 2011. The highest was 100.0% on May 13, 1999.
How often is the Lake Palestine 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 (367,303 acre-feet for Lake Palestine). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.