Lake Navajo Water Database

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Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 57 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 16% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.09 on Wednesday, November 26th, 2025
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Nov 25, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 51.91 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.37% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 173,959 acre feet

This is 255.14% of the average of 68,181 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 53,798 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 98,157 AF yet total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 120,161 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 391.07% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 98.87% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -7.20 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is down 0.61 feet from the high for water year.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is down -0.35 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Nov 26, 2025
6033.09
0.02
989,909
401
290
49.1
25.5
Tue, Nov 25, 2025
6033.07
0.03
989,710
450
290
40.3
27.0
Mon, Nov 24, 2025
6033.04
0.03
989,411
449
289
46.4
31.3
Sun, Nov 23, 2025
6033.01
0.04
989,113
498
287
44.8
39.0
Sat, Nov 22, 2025
6032.97
0.04
988,715
494
283
56.3
33.4
Fri, Nov 21, 2025
6032.93
0.04
988,318
536
325
49.5
38.3
Thu, Nov 20, 2025
6032.89
-0.03
987,920
439
579
51.8
40.8
Wed, Nov 19, 2025
6032.92
-0.04
988,218
385
575
55.0
33.1
Tue, Nov 18, 2025
6032.96
-0.02
988,616
486
575
55.4
28.8
Mon, Nov 17, 2025
6032.98
-0.03
988,815
580
719
49.1
37.2
Sun, Nov 16, 2025
6033.01
-0.15
989,113
329
1070
62.6
41.9
Sat, Nov 15, 2025
6033.16
-0.14
990,605
378
1070
67.3
34.0
Fri, Nov 14, 2025
6033.30
-0.14
992,000
388
1080
66.4
36.9
Thu, Nov 13, 2025
6033.44
-0.11
993,396
387
929
63.7
31.8
Averages of List
6033.06
-0.03
989,561
442.9
597.2
54.1
34.2

Averages for November 26th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6052.40
-19.31
1,266,005
392.17
677.13
49.48
23.75
All-Time
6039.85
-6.76
1,166,107
409.54
706.70
49.48
23.75

Last 10 November 26th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Tue, Nov 26, 2024
6040.29
-7.20
1,063,668
482
1110
49.2
37.4
Sun, Nov 26, 2023
6044.73
-11.64
1,111,542
241
341
38.4
20.8
Sat, Nov 26, 2022
6019.64
13.45
862,974
190
361
49.5
23.7
Fri, Nov 26, 2021
6021.51
11.58
879,791
123
297
49.0
18.0
Thu, Nov 26, 2020
6038.44
-5.35
1,096,043
274
371
51.0
22.0
Tue, Nov 26, 2019
6060.29
-27.20
1,351,488
341
585
51.0
23.0
Mon, Nov 26, 2018
6017.55
15.54
889,210
503
678
55.0
16.0
Sun, Nov 26, 2017
6055.14
-22.05
1,287,200
277
388
63.0
28.0
Sat, Nov 26, 2016
6055.92
-22.83
1,296,775
238
346
53.0
24.0
Thu, Nov 26, 2015
6064.00
-30.91
1,399,520
352
332
53.0
35.0
Averages of List
6041.71
-8.62
1,123,400
264
464
48.7
23.7


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Measurements are taken at 11:59 pm of the date listed
Temperature data is from Navajo Dam, NM
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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*Air temp data is sourced from (Prev 24 Hr Extremes):    Farmington, NM Weather
Water data sourced from: Lake Navajo Source Data
Weather forecast for Navajo Dam, NM
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