Palo Duro Reservoir water level today
On Oct 28, 2026, Palo Duro Reservoir is at 2,826.21 ft, 0.4% full (65.79 ft below full pool). That is 5.7 points below normal for this date.
Source: Texas Water Development Board · storage 223 of 61,066 acre-ft · provisional data
Palo Duro Reservoir percent full history
Percent full Normal range (10th–90th percentile, 1996–2025) Average
Records and key dates
- Record high
- 58.2%Jun 15, 2010
- Record low
- 0.3%Dec 20, 2022
- 12-month high
- 0.5%Oct 29, 2025
- 12-month low
- 0.4%Nov 25, 2025
- Last time full
- Not in the record
- Change in 1 year
- −1.68 ft−0.1 pts
About Palo Duro Reservoir
- River basin
- Canadian
- Full pool (top of conservation pool)
- 2,892.00 ft
- Conservation capacity
- 61,066 acre-ft
- Surface area today
- —
- Dead pool elevation
- 0.00 ft
- Flood control reservoir
- Yes
- Data since
- Jun 19, 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 | — | — | — | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | — | — |
| 2025 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| 2023 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 1% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 5% |
| 2022 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2021 | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| 2020 | 5% | 5% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| 2019 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 6% | 15% | 12% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| 2018 | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
| 2017 | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Palo Duro Reservoir full?
Not quite. On Oct 28, 2026 Palo Duro Reservoir was 0.4% full, 65.79 feet below its full pool elevation of 2,892.00 ft.
What is the normal level of Palo Duro Reservoir for this time of year?
Between 1996 and 2025, Palo Duro Reservoir averaged 6.1% full around Oct 28, and 8 in 10 years it was between 0.7% and 11.4%. Today it is −5.7 percentage points below that average.
What is the lowest Palo Duro Reservoir has been?
In the TWDB record, which starts in 1999, the lowest daily value was 0.3% on Dec 20, 2022. The highest was 58.2% on Jun 15, 2010.
How often is the Palo Duro Reservoir 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 (61,066 acre-feet for Palo Duro Reservoir). Water above the conservation pool is flood storage and is not counted, so a reservoir can show 100% while rising into its flood pool.