Leech Lake Dam water level history

Daily records since 1990 · Level today: 1,294.28 ft

Highest on record

1,296.38 ft

Jun 15, 2001

Lowest on record

1,293.36 ft

Nov 27, 2006

Today

1,294.28 ft

Oct 21, 2026

Years of data

since 1990

In short

Across 36 complete years, 2006 had the lowest average level (1,293.98 ft) and 1999 the highest (1,294.92 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in March (1,294.10 ft) and highest in June (1,294.84 ft).

Leech Lake Dam 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.

20061,293.36 ft on Nov 27
20071,293.57 ft on Jan 2
20211,293.59 ft on Sep 18
20091,293.59 ft on Oct 1
19921,293.63 ft on Feb 12

Yearly highs and lows

Year	Average	Low	Low date	High	High date
2026 (292 days)	1,294.35	1,294.04	Jan 1	1,294.79	Jul 12
2025	1,294.36	1,293.97	Dec 8	1,294.92	Jul 12
2024	1,294.54	1,293.98	Nov 12	1,295.30	Jun 25
2023	1,294.55	1,294.21	Apr 3	1,295.15	May 27
2022	1,294.60	1,294.04	Jan 4	1,295.53	Jun 26
2021	1,294.15	1,293.59	Sep 18	1,294.87	May 25
2020	1,294.40	1,294.01	Mar 27	1,294.91	Jan 2
2019	1,294.89	1,294.19	Mar 9	1,295.56	May 25
2018	1,294.58	1,294.30	Jan 6	1,295.07	Jul 12
2017	1,294.25	1,293.97	Aug 25	1,294.53	Jun 15
2016	1,294.50	1,294.15	Mar 2	1,294.90	Sep 26
2015	1,294.39	1,294.06	May 10	1,295.07	Jun 9
2014	1,294.52	1,293.87	Mar 30	1,295.74	Jun 30
2013	1,294.42	1,293.90	Apr 5	1,295.28	Jun 27
2012	1,294.45	1,293.84	Jan 3	1,295.27	Jul 7
2011	1,294.28	1,293.79	Nov 18	1,295.04	May 31
2010	1,294.41	1,294.09	Mar 5	1,294.85	Oct 27
2009	1,294.21	1,293.59	Oct 1	1,294.72	May 13
2008	1,294.44	1,293.82	Oct 5	1,295.20	Jun 13
2007	1,294.11	1,293.57	Jan 2	1,294.84	Jun 19
2006	1,293.98	1,293.36	Nov 27	1,294.78	Jun 6
2005	1,294.36	1,293.88	Mar 29	1,295.11	Jun 30
2004	1,294.49	1,294.14	Aug 23	1,295.22	Nov 3
2003	1,294.31	1,293.99	Nov 3	1,294.88	Jul 14
2002	1,294.43	1,293.99	Mar 4	1,295.06	Jun 24
2001	1,294.74	1,293.88	Mar 30	1,296.38	Jun 15
2000	1,294.44	1,293.75	Feb 23	1,295.15	Sep 3
1999	1,294.92	1,293.89	Mar 19	1,295.76	Sep 8
1998	1,294.47	1,293.78	Feb 14	1,295.06	Jul 15
1997	1,294.56	1,293.94	Dec 31	1,295.29	Jul 14
1996	1,294.69	1,294.16	Apr 13	1,295.12	May 22
1995	1,294.47	1,293.96	Mar 10	1,294.87	Nov 10
1994	1,294.55	1,293.86	Mar 17	1,295.12	Sep 5
1993	1,294.62	1,293.97	Mar 24	1,295.52	Jul 26
1992	1,294.10	1,293.63	Feb 12	1,294.58	Jul 15
1991	1,294.41	1,293.81	Jan 1	1,295.09	May 29
1990	1,294.23	1,293.73	Nov 26	1,295.15	Jun 21

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

Monthly averages

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	1,294.22	1,293.57	1,294.91
February	1,294.13	1,293.58	1,294.71
March	1,294.10	1,293.63	1,294.56
April	1,294.36	1,293.86	1,295.23
May	1,294.71	1,294.06	1,295.71
June	1,294.84	1,293.94	1,296.38
July	1,294.80	1,294.00	1,295.74
August	1,294.58	1,293.56	1,295.68
September	1,294.43	1,293.41	1,295.76
October	1,294.38	1,293.43	1,295.47
November	1,294.36	1,293.36	1,295.28
December	1,294.30	1,293.47	1,295.06

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