Fort Peck Reservoir water level history

Daily records since 1989 · Level today: 2,221.67 ft

Highest on record

2,252.27 ft

Jun 17, 2011

Lowest on record

2,196.24 ft

Feb 22, 2007

Today

2,221.67 ft

Oct 22, 2026

Years of data

since 1989

In short

Across 36 complete years, 2007 had the lowest average level (2,199.78 ft) and 1997 the highest (2,241.35 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in February (2,222.95 ft) and highest in July (2,228.22 ft).

Fort Peck Reservoir level, all years

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

Lowest years

Years ranked by their lowest daily level.

20072,196.24 ft on Feb 22
20052,198.27 ft on Jan 22
20082,198.37 ft on May 22
20042,198.94 ft on Dec 31
20062,199.45 ft on Dec 31

Yearly highs and lows

Year	Average	Low	Low date	High	High date
2026 (293 days)	2,222.78	2,221.73	Oct 21	2,224.24	Jul 17
2025	2,225.31	2,221.96	Dec 6	2,227.75	May 30
2024	2,229.06	2,226.22	Dec 20	2,231.64	Jun 1
2023	2,225.59	2,218.55	Mar 4	2,231.00	Jul 14
2022	2,221.69	2,218.83	Dec 30	2,224.95	Jan 1
2021	2,230.93	2,225.04	Dec 31	2,235.81	Jan 1
2020	2,237.28	2,234.68	Feb 23	2,240.42	Jul 13
2019	2,240.69	2,234.33	Mar 7	2,246.77	Jul 15
2018	2,240.19	2,233.79	Mar 11	2,247.83	Jul 7
2017	2,236.81	2,233.87	Feb 3	2,240.19	Jun 29
2016	2,234.53	2,233.20	Sep 22	2,236.22	Jun 16
2015	2,235.28	2,233.33	Jan 12	2,237.17	Jun 20
2014	2,228.58	2,222.32	Feb 13	2,233.59	Dec 30
2013	2,224.17	2,222.17	Mar 3	2,227.18	Jun 27
2012	2,233.74	2,226.09	Dec 31	2,237.49	Jun 27
2011	2,240.59	2,235.19	Jan 20	2,252.27	Jun 17
2010	2,230.12	2,221.10	Jan 1	2,235.89	Oct 12
2009	2,216.83	2,209.65	Jan 1	2,221.08	Dec 31
2008	2,204.83	2,198.37	May 22	2,210.25	Dec 3
2007	2,199.78	2,196.24	Feb 22	2,203.12	Jul 3
2006	2,202.78	2,199.45	Dec 31	2,206.33	Jun 26
2005	2,200.78	2,198.27	Jan 22	2,203.67	Jul 17
2004	2,202.68	2,198.94	Dec 31	2,206.75	Jan 2
2003	2,211.42	2,206.86	Dec 31	2,214.57	Jan 1
2002	2,218.31	2,214.61	Dec 31	2,220.45	Jul 17
2001	2,222.03	2,219.24	Dec 31	2,225.95	Jan 2
2000	2,231.86	2,226.07	Dec 31	2,235.41	Jan 1
1999	2,236.30	2,234.92	Feb 25	2,238.34	Jul 8
1998	2,237.11	2,234.32	Mar 3	2,240.44	Jul 25
1997	2,241.35	2,235.31	Feb 20	2,250.32	Jul 24
1996	2,241.13	2,236.02	Dec 31	2,247.23	Jun 29
1995	2,237.36	2,230.72	Mar 11	2,244.26	Aug 13
1994	2,235.75	2,232.17	Jan 24	2,239.00	Jun 14
1993	2,219.33	2,208.80	Feb 25	2,232.21	Dec 31
1992	2,213.83	2,210.47	Dec 31	2,217.63	Jan 1
1991	2,214.75	2,208.70	Apr 7	2,220.12	Jul 21
1990	2,213.36	2,209.57	Dec 31	2,216.15	Jul 3
1989 (1 days)	2,214.46	2,214.46	Dec 31	2,214.46	Dec 31

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

Monthly averages

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	2,223.53	2,197.55	2,238.30
February	2,222.95	2,196.24	2,238.02
March	2,223.35	2,196.25	2,241.29
April	2,224.36	2,197.52	2,243.68
May	2,225.29	2,198.37	2,248.66
June	2,227.27	2,199.64	2,252.27
July	2,228.22	2,202.34	2,250.69
August	2,227.38	2,200.87	2,250.11
September	2,226.27	2,199.82	2,247.60
October	2,225.76	2,199.67	2,244.38
November	2,225.44	2,199.78	2,240.79
December	2,224.70	2,198.94	2,239.30

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