Orwell Lake water level today
Reservoir in Otter Tail, Minnesota · Otter Tail River
1,064.10ft
324.34 m · gauge reading (local datum, not an elevation)
Measured · provisional
Normal for the dateSteady
What this means
Orwell Lake is 0.40 ft below its full pool of 1,064.50 ft.
It is lower than on Oct 21 in 4 of the last 10 years.
The lake has fallen 0.15 ft in 7 days and fallen 0.29 ft in 30 days.
Since 1990, the lowest daily level was 1,048.19 ft (Mar 1997) and the highest 1,073.05 ft (Sep 2010).
Orwell 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 | 1,063.86 ft | ▼ 0.24 ft |
| Oct 21, 2024 | 1,064.36 ft | ▲ 0.26 ft |
| Oct 21, 2023 | 1,064.13 ft | ▲ 0.03 ft |
| Oct 21, 2022 | 1,063.96 ft | ▼ 0.14 ft |
| Oct 21, 2021 | 1,064.06 ft | ▼ 0.04 ft |
| Oct 21, 2020 | 1,064.03 ft | ▼ 0.07 ft |
| Oct 21, 2019 | 1,063.81 ft | ▼ 0.29 ft |
| Oct 21, 2018 | 1,064.05 ft | ▼ 0.05 ft |
| Oct 21, 2017 | 1,064.29 ft | ▲ 0.19 ft |
| Oct 21, 2016 | 1,065.58 ft | ▲ 1.48 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 1,073.05 ft on Sep 15, 2010
- Lowest
- 1,048.19 ft on Mar 30, 1997
- Records from
- 1990 (37 years of daily data)
- Full pool
- 1,064.50 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
- Inflow
- 238 cfs (6.73 m³/s)
- Outflow
- 222 cfs (6.27 m³/s)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Weather & wind
Tonight44°F · Mostly Clear
Wind ENE 6 mph
Wind ENE 6 mph
Thursday76°F · Sunny
Wind SE 6 to 14 mph
Wind SE 6 to 14 mph
Thursday Night57°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind SE 13 mph
Wind SE 13 mph
Friday74°F · Partly Sunny then Chance Light Rain
Wind SSE 14 to 24 mph
Wind SSE 14 to 24 mph
Friday Night60°F · Chance Light Rain
Wind SSE 21 to 24 mph
Wind SSE 21 to 24 mph
Saturday68°F · Chance Light Rain
Wind WSW 14 to 21 mph
Wind WSW 14 to 21 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 1 h ago.