Lake Navajo Water Database

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Lake Navajo




Water Summary
Today is day 37 of 365 for water year 2026. We are 10% through the Water Year.
Last Reading: 6033.67 on Thursday, November 6th, 2025
Lake Navajo was last within 3" of this elevation on Nov 5, 2025

Elevation & Content Water Inflow Data Navajo Dam Release Data
Lake Navajo is 51.33 feet below Full Pool (Elevation 6085.00 )

By content, Lake Navajo is 58.71% of Full Pool (1,696,000 af)
Total inflows for water year 2026: 156,645 acre feet

This is 309.95% of the average of 50,539 acre feet
Total releases for water year 2026: 31,157 acre feet

This is % of last year's release of 381,653 acre feet
During WY 2026, water storage has fallen by 92,373 AF yet total inflows have exceeded total outflows by 125,488 AF
Inflows for WY 2026 are 508.16% of WY 2025          Rivers feeding Lake Navajo are running at 49.21% of the avg. Click for Details

Lake Navajo is down -7.48 feet from one year ago.    Lake Navajo is at high for water year and up 13.23 feet from the low.

View Acre Feet     Last 14 Measurements
Lake Navajo is up 0.68 feet over these measurements

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION CHANGE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Thu, Nov 06, 2025
6033.67
0.01
995,693
428
363
63.3
30.9
Wed, Nov 05, 2025
6033.66
0.02
995,593
477
362
68.0
31.5
Tue, Nov 04, 2025
6033.64
0.03
995,393
529
363
66.9
33.8
Mon, Nov 03, 2025
6033.61
0.03
995,093
529
362
68.9
34.3
Sun, Nov 02, 2025
6033.58
0.04
994,794
580
362
71.1
30.9
Sat, Nov 01, 2025
6033.54
0.04
994,394
579
362
65.5
32.2
Fri, Oct 31, 2025
6033.50
0.03
993,995
466
299
65.5
30.2
Thu, Oct 30, 2025
6033.47
0.05
993,695
637
369
64.9
31.8
Wed, Oct 29, 2025
6033.42
0.06
993,197
687
368
59.7
27.3
Tue, Oct 28, 2025
6033.36
0.08
992,598
786
367
57.2
27.9
Mon, Oct 27, 2025
6033.28
0.06
991,801
687
368
66.2
37.9
Sun, Oct 26, 2025
6033.22
0.10
991,203
887
367
68.5
36.9
Sat, Oct 25, 2025
6033.12
0.13
990,207
1039
368
64.9
37.0
Fri, Oct 24, 2025
6032.99
0.13
988,914
1039
369
61.3
40.6
Averages of List
6033.43
0.06
993,326
667.9
360.6
65.1
33.1

Averages for November 6th

AVERAGE TYPE ELEVATION CUR ELEV vs AVG FOR DATE CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Since Filled (06-25-1973)
6053.12
-19.45
1,275,263
502.08
642.94
60.21
30.52
All-Time
6040.80
-7.13
1,176,631
494.22
690.92
60.21
30.52

Last 10 November 6th's data records

DATE MEASURED ELEVATION TODAY vs THEN CONTENT INFLOW (cfs) OUTFLOW (cfs) HIGH TEMP LOW TEMP
Wed, Nov 06, 2024
6041.15
-7.48
1,072,771
438
315
41.7
26.1
Mon, Nov 06, 2023
6045.42
-11.75
1,119,180
132
340
74.1
28.4
Sun, Nov 06, 2022
6019.93
13.74
865,565
413
310
64.2
27.7
Sat, Nov 06, 2021
6022.16
11.51
885,696
232
311
72.0
35.0
Fri, Nov 06, 2020
6038.80
-5.13
1,099,894
235
435
73.0
42.0
Wed, Nov 06, 2019
6060.94
-27.27
1,359,789
207
317
66.0
32.0
Tue, Nov 06, 2018
6018.22
15.45
895,349
241
320
58.0
31.0
Mon, Nov 06, 2017
6055.65
-21.98
1,293,454
313
542
63.0
32.0
Sun, Nov 06, 2016
6056.11
-22.44
1,299,116
500
413
61.0
43.0
Fri, Nov 06, 2015
6063.67
-30.00
1,395,183
668
442
48.0
28.0
Averages of List
6042.19
-8.52
1,128,463
327
379
61.4
32.2


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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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