Rough River Lake near Falls of Rough water level today
Reservoir in Grayson, Kentucky · Rough River
488.11ft
148.78 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Below normal for the dateFalling
What this means
Rough River Lake near Falls of Rough is 6.89 ft below its full pool of 495.00 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in 8 of the last 10 years.
The lake has fallen 1.78 ft in 7 days and fallen 1.99 ft in 30 days.
Since 2002, the lowest daily level was 469.08 ft (Dec 2014) and the highest 530.19 ft (Apr 2025).
Rough River Lake near Falls of Rough 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 | 488.37 ft | ▲ 0.26 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 486.75 ft | ▼ 1.36 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 487.58 ft | ▼ 0.53 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 491.39 ft | ▲ 3.28 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 492.72 ft | ▲ 4.61 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 493.79 ft | ▲ 5.68 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 492.77 ft | ▲ 4.66 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 492.37 ft | ▲ 4.26 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 504.26 ft | ▲ 16.15 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 493.13 ft | ▲ 5.02 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 530.19 ft on Apr 6, 2025
- Lowest
- 469.08 ft on Dec 17, 2014
- Records from
- 2002 (25 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 495.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Storage
- 87,671 acre-ft
- Inflow
- 0.0 cfs (0.00 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 876 cfs (24.8 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
Tonight42°F · Areas Of Fog
Wind N 3 mph
Wind N 3 mph
Thursday74°F · Areas Of Fog then Sunny
Wind NE 1 to 5 mph
Wind NE 1 to 5 mph
Thursday Night41°F · Patchy Fog
Wind NE 2 mph
Wind NE 2 mph
Friday72°F · Patchy Fog then Sunny
Wind E 1 to 5 mph
Wind E 1 to 5 mph
Friday Night44°F · Mostly Clear then Patchy Fog
Wind E 3 mph
Wind E 3 mph
Saturday74°F · Patchy Fog then Sunny
Wind S 2 mph
Wind S 2 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 7 min ago.