Stockton Lake water level history

Daily records since 1989 · Level today: 862.28 ft

Highest on record

899.84 ft

Feb 19, 1991

Lowest on record

800.23 ft

Oct 8, 1990

Today

862.28 ft

Oct 21, 2026

Years of data

since 1989

In short

Across 36 complete years, 2006 had the lowest average level (860.60 ft) and 2008 the highest (873.08 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in October (864.81 ft) and highest in May (871.41 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 (292 days)	866.74	862.21	Feb 13	875.30	Jun 29
2025	866.71	861.34	Feb 22	876.92	Jun 9
2024	865.09	860.23	Oct 27	874.91	Jun 12
2023	864.62	861.12	Jan 1	869.79	May 25
2022	865.68	859.77	Nov 22	878.99	May 9
2021	867.43	862.64	Jan 1	875.74	Mar 21
2020	868.04	860.87	Nov 13	876.89	Mar 26
2019	871.74	865.22	Jan 1	885.24	Jun 1
2018	865.80	862.33	Feb 14	870.86	Apr 2
2017	866.13	861.18	Mar 8	878.91	May 6
2016	867.73	862.06	Dec 31	884.15	Jan 1
2015	868.91	863.19	Feb 28	884.08	Dec 31
2014	868.57	867.39	Feb 10	870.08	Nov 5
2013	868.66	859.75	Feb 12	876.97	Aug 13
2012	864.43	861.20	Dec 29	870.82	May 3
2011	865.76	861.77	Oct 31	874.79	May 3
2010	868.37	864.61	Dec 29	874.89	May 24
2009	869.13	866.84	Feb 4	873.47	May 19
2008	873.08	864.74	Jan 1	883.52	Apr 13
2007	868.83	861.65	Jan 1	877.01	Jul 4
2006	860.60	858.67	Mar 6	862.83	Jun 18
2005	865.88	858.99	Dec 31	878.25	Jan 18
2004	868.29	863.89	Jan 1	873.24	Dec 12
2003	864.37	861.63	Nov 13	869.89	Jun 16
2002	868.32	862.63	Dec 31	881.08	May 26
2001	865.74	860.46	Jan 10	871.24	Jul 6
2000	863.91	860.71	Dec 31	866.61	Jul 31
1999	869.44	865.59	Dec 2	878.14	May 19
1998	866.15	859.57	Sep 12	872.30	Apr 1
1997	866.48	862.51	Nov 26	871.36	Mar 16
1996	867.21	863.25	Mar 20	872.23	Nov 20
1995	868.79	863.93	Dec 12	883.30	Jun 13
1994	868.17	863.31	Sep 12	881.08	May 12
1993	872.48	866.79	Dec 31	884.55	Oct 2
1992	868.02	862.67	Nov 3	878.26	Dec 19
1991	864.94	862.46	Dec 3	899.84	Feb 19
1990	864.37	800.23	Oct 8	885.53	Jun 28
1989 (1 days)	849.12	849.12	Dec 31	849.12	Dec 31

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

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	865.36	840.92	884.15
February	865.36	845.22	899.84
March	867.09	831.22	878.86
April	868.86	858.69	883.52
May	871.41	859.24	885.23
June	871.32	862.71	885.53
July	869.45	844.24	884.08
August	866.72	860.17	876.97
September	865.10	859.51	884.54
October	864.81	800.23	884.55
November	864.94	859.19	877.04
December	865.18	849.12	884.08

Daily levels as CSV (13,441 rows; credit the original agencies listed below)