Melvern Lake water level today
Reservoir in Osage, Kansas · Marais Des Cygnes
1,038.02ft
316.39 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Much above normal for the dateSteady
What this means
Melvern Lake is 2.02 ft above its full pool of 1,036.00 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in 2 of the last 10 years.
The lake has fallen 0.14 ft in 7 days and risen 0.65 ft in 30 days.
Since 1989, the lowest daily level was 956.08 ft (Nov 1993) and the highest 1,438.44 ft (Jan 1990).
Melvern Lake level chart
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Measured
Normal range for the date (middle 50% of past years)
Full pool
Same date in past years
| Date | Level | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | 1,035.44 ft | ▼ 2.58 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 1,034.97 ft | ▼ 3.05 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 1,032.38 ft | ▼ 5.64 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 1,034.25 ft | ▼ 3.77 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 1,038.44 ft | ▲ 0.42 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 1,034.95 ft | ▼ 3.07 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 1,037.65 ft | ▼ 0.37 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 1,040.38 ft | ▲ 2.36 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 1,035.65 ft | ▼ 2.37 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 1,037.38 ft | ▼ 0.64 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 1,438.44 ft on Jan 20, 1990
- Lowest
- 956.08 ft on Nov 24, 1993
- Records from
- 1989 (37 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 1,036.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Storage
- 162,359 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 35.0 cfs (0.99 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 250 cfs (7.08 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
This Afternoon76°F · Sunny
Wind S 5 mph
Wind S 5 mph
Tonight53°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind S 0 to 5 mph
Wind S 0 to 5 mph
Thursday78°F · Sunny
Wind S 0 to 5 mph
Wind S 0 to 5 mph
Thursday Night53°F · Mostly Clear
Wind SE 5 mph
Wind SE 5 mph
Friday78°F · Sunny
Wind S 5 to 15 mph
Wind S 5 to 15 mph
Friday Night55°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind S 5 to 10 mph
Wind S 5 to 10 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.