Pine River Dam at Cross Lake water level history

Daily records since 1990 · Level today: 1,229.08 ft

Highest on record

1,230.17 ft

May 17, 1999

Lowest on record

1,227.04 ft

Mar 20, 2014

Today

1,229.08 ft

Oct 22, 2026

Years of data

since 1990

In short

Across 36 complete years, 1997 had the lowest average level (1,228.67 ft) and 1991 the highest (1,229.13 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in February (1,227.99 ft) and highest in May (1,229.44 ft).

Pine River Dam at Cross Lake 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.

20141,227.04 ft on Mar 20
19961,227.18 ft on Mar 12
20131,227.25 ft on Apr 2
19971,227.27 ft on Mar 16
19941,227.27 ft on Feb 28

Yearly highs and lows

Year	Average	Low	Low date	High	High date
2026 (292 days)	1,228.85	1,227.89	Feb 12	1,229.52	Jun 30
2025	1,228.91	1,227.98	Jan 31	1,229.61	Jun 23
2024	1,228.95	1,228.07	Jan 26	1,229.72	Jun 23
2023	1,228.74	1,227.48	Apr 9	1,229.55	May 15
2022	1,228.88	1,227.56	Mar 19	1,230.04	May 13
2021	1,228.84	1,227.94	Feb 2	1,229.85	Apr 18
2020	1,228.78	1,227.34	Feb 27	1,229.59	Jul 19
2019	1,228.98	1,227.63	Mar 24	1,229.66	Oct 29
2018	1,228.91	1,228.07	Mar 13	1,229.69	Jul 15
2017	1,229.00	1,228.04	Feb 10	1,229.60	Apr 26
2016	1,229.03	1,228.25	Feb 26	1,230.03	Jul 14
2015	1,228.95	1,228.04	Mar 9	1,229.70	May 18
2014	1,228.73	1,227.04	Mar 20	1,229.66	May 8
2013	1,228.73	1,227.25	Apr 2	1,229.56	Jun 24
2012	1,229.01	1,228.13	Dec 26	1,230.08	Jun 25
2011	1,228.79	1,227.54	Mar 16	1,229.75	May 1
2010	1,228.91	1,227.98	Mar 9	1,229.60	May 14
2009	1,228.79	1,227.62	Mar 15	1,229.55	Jun 19
2008	1,228.68	1,227.47	Mar 11	1,229.63	Jun 9
2007	1,228.87	1,227.98	Jan 25	1,229.63	May 24
2006	1,228.73	1,227.90	Mar 22	1,229.81	May 15
2005	1,228.83	1,227.89	Mar 21	1,229.71	May 30
2004	1,228.79	1,227.96	Jan 23	1,229.61	Jul 13
2003	1,228.79	1,227.93	Mar 14	1,229.65	May 20
2002	1,228.99	1,228.02	Mar 27	1,229.62	Jul 8
2001	1,228.87	1,227.33	Mar 30	1,229.68	May 28
2000	1,229.06	1,227.98	Feb 11	1,229.56	Jun 19
1999	1,228.99	1,227.81	Mar 13	1,230.17	May 17
1998	1,228.91	1,227.91	Feb 18	1,229.69	May 19
1997	1,228.67	1,227.27	Mar 16	1,229.89	Jun 29
1996	1,228.72	1,227.18	Mar 12	1,229.65	May 21
1995	1,228.83	1,227.39	Mar 2	1,229.68	Oct 1
1994	1,228.73	1,227.27	Feb 28	1,229.67	May 6
1993	1,228.93	1,227.99	Mar 5	1,229.85	Jul 11
1992	1,228.96	1,227.80	Feb 5	1,229.61	Jul 10
1991	1,229.13	1,228.32	Dec 31	1,229.65	May 7
1990	1,229.09	1,228.39	Jan 14	1,229.67	Apr 27

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

Monthly averages

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	1,228.17	1,227.55	1,228.82
February	1,227.99	1,227.27	1,228.83
March	1,228.07	1,227.04	1,229.25
April	1,228.88	1,227.11	1,229.85
May	1,229.44	1,228.58	1,230.17
June	1,229.42	1,229.21	1,230.08
July	1,229.40	1,228.99	1,230.03
August	1,229.32	1,228.66	1,229.56
September	1,229.30	1,228.78	1,229.65
October	1,229.20	1,228.65	1,229.68
November	1,228.84	1,228.13	1,229.62
December	1,228.41	1,227.99	1,229.40

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