Vail Lake water level history

Daily records since 1987 · Level today: 1,417.07 ft

Highest on record

1,483.13 ft

Nov 11, 2001

Lowest on record

1,410.35 ft

Dec 10, 2022

Today

1,417.07 ft

Oct 21, 2026

Years of data

since 1987

In short

Across 35 complete years, 2022 had the lowest average level (1,413.64 ft) and 1993 the highest (1,455.17 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in December (1,433.02 ft) and highest in April (1,437.53 ft).

Vail Lake level, all years

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Measured Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)

Lowest years

Years ranked by their lowest daily level.

20221,410.35 ft on Dec 10
20231,410.55 ft on Jan 2
20171,411.47 ft on Jan 1
20181,413.69 ft on Nov 28
20191,413.86 ft on Jan 2

Yearly highs and lows

Year	Average	Low	Low date	High	High date
2026 (293 days)	1,420.24	1,417.08	Oct 20	1,421.97	Feb 20
2025	1,424.31	1,421.62	Dec 19	1,426.44	Mar 13
2024	1,428.37	1,426.22	Dec 21	1,430.78	Apr 28
2023	1,425.98	1,410.55	Jan 2	1,431.42	May 11
2022	1,413.64	1,410.35	Dec 10	1,415.96	Jan 1
2021	1,419.04	1,415.77	Dec 12	1,421.46	Mar 15
2020	1,423.17	1,421.19	Dec 24	1,426.36	Apr 24
2019	1,423.30	1,413.86	Jan 2	1,427.37	Mar 21
2018	1,417.08	1,413.69	Nov 28	1,419.50	Mar 22
2017	1,420.51	1,411.47	Jan 1	1,424.09	Apr 3
2016 (329 days)	1,414.04	1,411.13	Nov 19	1,417.48	Jan 31
2015 (322 days)	1,428.54	1,420.29	Dec 12	1,430.93	Jan 12
2014	1,433.97	1,430.84	Dec 11	1,436.34	Mar 5
2013	1,439.16	1,436.24	Dec 29	1,441.96	Jan 1
2012	1,446.46	1,441.98	Dec 31	1,448.71	Apr 27
2011	1,449.50	1,446.09	Jan 1	1,452.17	Apr 27
2010	1,442.01	1,436.37	Jan 12	1,446.02	Dec 31
2009	1,441.22	1,436.54	Dec 31	1,444.03	Mar 23
2008	1,443.87	1,441.15	Nov 24	1,447.59	Feb 28
2007	1,446.56	1,444.31	Nov 29	1,448.46	Jan 2
2006	1,451.47	1,448.45	Dec 8	1,453.74	Apr 30
2005	1,452.36	1,431.55	Jan 1	1,455.65	May 17
2004	1,430.77	1,428.82	Oct 16	1,432.39	Mar 2
2003	1,433.38	1,432.06	Dec 20	1,434.96	May 9
2002	1,434.33	1,432.38	Dec 8	1,435.81	Jan 29
2001	1,437.56	1,435.67	Dec 8	1,483.13	Nov 11
2000	1,438.90	1,437.14	Dec 26	1,440.69	Apr 27
1999	1,440.50	1,438.49	Dec 7	1,442.16	Apr 14
1998	1,442.70	1,434.27	Jan 1	1,448.63	May 16
1997	1,435.72	1,433.62	Nov 8	1,437.60	Feb 1
1996	1,437.91	1,435.16	Oct 29	1,441.73	Jan 1
1995	1,449.04	1,437.48	Jan 2	1,455.22	Jul 10
1994	1,439.27	1,435.55	May 30	1,441.08	Apr 28
1993	1,455.17	1,437.36	Jan 5	1,470.83	Feb 20
1992	1,439.38	1,435.80	Jan 4	1,441.78	Apr 24
1991	1,439.29	1,431.29	Jan 1	1,446.49	Apr 7
1990	1,432.81	1,431.26	Dec 12	1,434.04	Apr 7
1989	1,434.45	1,432.86	Dec 11	1,435.82	Mar 31
1988 (329 days)	1,437.82	1,434.72	Dec 10	1,442.67	Mar 14
1987 (85 days)	1,440.48	1,439.34	Dec 24	1,441.03	Oct 8

Levels in feet. Partial years show the number of days with data.

Monthly averages

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	1,433.95	1,410.55	1,461.07
February	1,435.05	1,414.06	1,470.83
March	1,436.93	1,415.67	1,470.24
April	1,437.53	1,415.41	1,470.02
May	1,437.30	1,414.69	1,469.49
June	1,436.61	1,413.86	1,465.42
July	1,436.00	1,412.93	1,460.11
August	1,434.69	1,412.08	1,455.00
September	1,433.80	1,411.27	1,453.90
October	1,433.40	1,410.69	1,453.37
November	1,433.56	1,410.38	1,483.13
December	1,433.02	1,410.35	1,452.35

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