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Cochiti Lake water level today

Reservoir in Sandoval, New Mexico · Rio Grande & Santa Fe

5,344.33ft
1,628.95 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Above normal for the dateSteady
vs full pool ?
▼ 1.14 ft
24 hours
▲ 0.14 ft
7 days
▲ 0.38 ft
30 days
▲ 0.60 ft
Normal for Oct 22 ?
5,342.71 ft

What this means

Cochiti Lake is 1.14 ft below its full pool of 5,345.47 ft.

It is lower than on Oct 22 in 3 of the last 10 years.

The lake has risen 0.38 ft in 7 days and risen 0.60 ft in 30 days.

Since 2004, the lowest daily level was 5,338.46 ft (Jul 2006) and the highest 5,385.16 ft (Nov 2023).

Cochiti 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

DateLevelvs today
Oct 22, 20255,346.61 ft▲ 2.28 ft
Oct 22, 20245,346.42 ft▲ 2.09 ft
Oct 22, 20235,380.57 ft▲ 36.24 ft
Oct 22, 20225,342.47 ft▼ 1.86 ft
Oct 22, 20215,342.69 ft▼ 1.64 ft
Oct 22, 20205,344.22 ft▼ 0.11 ft
Oct 22, 20195,343.01 ft▼ 1.32 ft
Oct 22, 20185,341.75 ft▼ 2.58 ft
Oct 22, 20175,343.83 ft▼ 0.50 ft
Oct 22, 20165,341.44 ft▼ 2.89 ft

Records & details

Highest
5,385.16 ft on Nov 8, 2023
Lowest
5,338.46 ft on Jul 17, 2006
Records from
2004 (23 years of daily data)
Full pool
5,345.47 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Storage
42,817 acre-ft
Inflow
565 cfs (16.0 m³/s)
Outflow
465 cfs (13.2 m³/s)
Water temperature
Not measured here

What acre-feet and % full mean

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon75°F · Partly Sunny
Wind S 0 to 5 mph
Tonight55°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Mostly Cloudy
Wind E 0 to 5 mph
Thursday72°F · Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind SE 5 mph
Thursday Night54°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms Likely
Wind SE 5 mph
Friday68°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind SE 5 to 10 mph
Friday Night51°F · Showers And Thunderstorms
Wind SE 5 to 10 mph

NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 2 h ago.

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