Lake Travis water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Lake Travis is at 677.17 ft, 93.5% full (3.83 ft below full pool). That is 23.6 points above normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 1,026,805 of 1,098,044 acre-ft · provisional data
Lake Travis percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Lake Travis 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 2019. Black specks are cloud and shadow masks.
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 100.0%Sep 30, 1942
- Record low
- 1.6%Oct 31, 1940
- 12-month high
- 100.0%Jul 18, 2026
- 12-month low
- 72.6%Apr 17, 2026
- Last time full
- Aug 2, 2026
- Change in 1 year
- +7.59 ft+11.9 pts
About Lake Travis
- River basin
- Colorado
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 681.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 1,098,044 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- 18,167 acres
- Dead pool elevation
- 535.75 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- Yes
- Water supply for
- Austin
- Data since
- Sep 30, 1940
Monthly average, last 10 years
Average percent full each month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 78% | 77% | 76% | 73% | 76% | 84% | 92% | 98% | 92% | 94% | — | — |
| 2025 | 44% | 43% | 43% | 42% | 42% | 44% | 76% | 89% | 86% | 83% | 80% | 79% |
| 2024 | 38% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 39% | 41% | 42% | 47% | 48% | 45% | 45% | 44% |
| 2023 | 45% | 45% | 45% | 44% | 45% | 44% | 42% | 40% | 37% | 36% | 39% | 38% |
| 2022 | 70% | 70% | 68% | 66% | 61% | 59% | 55% | 51% | 50% | 47% | 46% | 46% |
| 2021 | 67% | 67% | 67% | 65% | 68% | 76% | 77% | 76% | 73% | 72% | 72% | 71% |
| 2020 | 83% | 83% | 83% | 88% | 86% | 84% | 79% | 74% | 72% | 70% | 68% | 67% |
| 2019 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 99% | 95% | 90% | 86% | 84% | 82% |
| 2018 | 81% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 77% | 73% | 67% | 63% | 64% | 86% | 100% | 100% |
| 2017 | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 97% | 96% | 90% | 87% | 85% | 84% | 82% | 81% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Lake Travis full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Lake Travis was 93.5% full, 3.83 feet below its full pool elevation of 681.00 ft. It was last full on Aug 2, 2026.
What is the normal level of Lake Travis for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Lake Travis averaged 69.9% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 35.6% and 95.2%. Today it is +23.6 percentage points above that average.
What is the lowest Lake Travis has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1940, the lowest daily value was 1.6% on Oct 31, 1940. The highest was 100.0% on Sep 30, 1942.
How often is the Lake Travis 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 (1,098,044 acre-feet for Lake Travis). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.