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Lac Qui Parle Lake water level today

Reservoir in Lac qui Parle, Minnesota · Minnesota

933.78ft
284.62 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Below normal for the dateSteady
vs full pool ?
▼ 0.42 ft
24 hours
▲ 0.05 ft
7 days
▲ 0.38 ft
30 days
▲ 0.49 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
934.14 ft

What this means

Lac Qui Parle Lake is 0.42 ft below its full pool of 934.20 ft.

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 9 of the last 10 years.

The lake has risen 0.38 ft in 7 days and risen 0.49 ft in 30 days.

Since 1990, the lowest daily level was 931.44 ft (Feb 1994) and the highest 949.63 ft (Jun 2011).

Lac Qui Parle 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

DateLevelvs today
Oct 21, 2025933.14 ft▼ 0.64 ft
Oct 21, 2024934.08 ft▲ 0.30 ft
Oct 21, 2023934.13 ft▲ 0.35 ft
Oct 21, 2022934.10 ft▲ 0.32 ft
Oct 21, 2021934.54 ft▲ 0.76 ft
Oct 21, 2020934.21 ft▲ 0.43 ft
Oct 21, 2019937.39 ft▲ 3.61 ft
Oct 21, 2018935.39 ft▲ 1.61 ft
Oct 21, 2017939.92 ft▲ 6.14 ft
Oct 21, 2016937.72 ft▲ 3.94 ft

Records & details

Highest
949.63 ft on Jun 8, 2011
Lowest
931.44 ft on Feb 28, 1994
Records from
1990 (37 years of daily data)
Full pool
934.20 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Inflow
228 cfs (6.47 m³/s)
Outflow
53.6 cfs (1.52 m³/s)
Water temperature
Not measured here

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon73°F · Sunny
Wind N 5 mph
Tonight44°F · Areas Of Fog
Wind 0 mph
Thursday81°F · Patchy Fog then Sunny
Wind SE 0 to 10 mph
Thursday Night57°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind SE 10 mph
Friday80°F · Chance Rain Showers
Wind SSE 10 to 20 mph
Friday Night61°F · Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy
Wind SSE 15 to 20 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.

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