Lac Qui Parle Lake water level history

Daily records since 1990 · Level today: 933.78 ft

Highest on record

949.63 ft

Jun 8, 2011

Lowest on record

931.44 ft

Feb 28, 1994

Today

933.78 ft

Oct 21, 2026

Years of data

since 1990

In short

Across 31 complete years, 2003 had the lowest average level (933.48 ft) and 2019 the highest (936.98 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in September (933.92 ft) and highest in April (935.80 ft).

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

Years ranked by their lowest daily level.

Year	Average	Low	Low date	High	High date
2026 (281 days)	933.44	932.56	Aug 18	934.73	Mar 27
2025	934.89	932.76	Oct 16	941.23	Jul 4
2024	934.69	933.11	Sep 4	940.36	May 8
2023	934.43	932.78	Mar 21	942.74	Apr 18
2022	934.86	932.88	Jul 19	941.73	May 17
2021	933.99	932.90	Jun 10	935.90	Apr 20
2020	934.48	933.17	Jun 15	939.06	Apr 3
2019	936.98	932.57	Mar 13	943.56	Mar 30
2018	934.83	933.24	Mar 17	940.93	Apr 28
2017	935.21	933.13	Jul 28	941.21	Oct 11
2016	934.37	933.08	Aug 1	938.23	Oct 12
2015	935.01	932.77	Sep 22	939.75	May 30
2014	934.81	933.23	Aug 9	941.26	Jun 23
2013	934.39	932.62	Apr 21	940.62	Jul 3
2012	933.78	932.98	Jun 13	934.62	Nov 23
2011	936.51	932.74	Mar 17	949.63	Jun 8
2010	934.66	932.64	Mar 13	942.75	Mar 23
2009	934.49	932.95	Jun 15	942.56	Mar 28
2008	934.38	932.74	Apr 30	940.71	Jun 25
2007	934.38	932.82	Jul 7	938.44	Apr 5
2006	933.66	932.25	Mar 27	937.39	Apr 11
2005	934.04	932.62	May 21	940.15	Jun 24
2004	933.65	932.80	Jul 10	934.40	Oct 15
2003	933.48	932.27	Jul 24	934.63	Oct 28
2002	933.49	932.41	Aug 4	934.45	Apr 4
2001	935.12	932.57	Sep 6	943.59	Apr 14
2000	933.58	932.64	Aug 1	934.45	Nov 2
1999	933.59	932.01	Jun 9	935.03	May 25
1998	933.72	932.27	May 14	937.45	Apr 13
1997	934.67	932.20	Mar 19	943.86	Apr 7
1996	934.50	932.57	Jul 17	939.44	May 28
1995	936.66	932.59	Sep 11	942.13	Jul 10
1994 (271 days)	935.61	931.44	Feb 28	940.90	Mar 26
1993 (277 days)	936.12	931.45	Mar 9	941.75	Aug 4
1992 (221 days)	933.98	932.29	May 5	940.60	Jun 23
1991 (260 days)	934.88	932.93	May 29	939.60	Jun 23
1990 (257 days)	933.80	932.80	Jul 12	935.39	Jun 23

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

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	934.01	933.39	934.95
February	933.98	931.44	935.38
March	934.09	931.44	943.56
April	935.80	932.26	943.86
May	935.31	932.27	941.82
June	935.48	932.01	949.63
July	934.96	932.27	942.13
August	933.98	932.41	941.75
September	933.92	932.53	940.16
October	934.67	932.76	941.21
November	934.42	933.07	940.30
December	934.09	933.31	936.21

Daily levels as CSV (12,857 rows; credit the original agencies listed below)