Chautauqua Lake water level history

Daily records since 1972 · Level today: 1,307.97 ft

Highest on record

1,311.16 ft

Mar 5, 1976

Lowest on record

1,306.22 ft

Dec 15, 1998

Today

1,307.97 ft

Oct 21, 2026

Years of data

since 1972

In short

Across 50 complete years, 2001 had the lowest average level (1,307.68 ft) and 2018 the highest (1,308.35 ft).

On average the lake is lowest in February (1,307.60 ft) and highest in May (1,308.34 ft).

Chautauqua 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.

19981,306.22 ft on Dec 15
19871,306.35 ft on Feb 28
19781,306.36 ft on Mar 11
20101,306.56 ft on Mar 9
19801,306.56 ft on Mar 7

Yearly highs and lows

Year	Average	Low	Low date	High	High date
2026 (293 days)	1,308.24	1,306.85	Feb 16	1,309.01	Jan 11
2025	1,307.85	1,306.85	Feb 25	1,308.85	May 6
2024	1,307.91	1,307.06	Nov 20	1,309.16	Apr 14
2023	1,307.96	1,307.31	Nov 16	1,308.52	Apr 2
2022	1,308.03	1,306.88	Feb 9	1,309.15	Feb 24
2021	1,308.01	1,307.13	Jan 25	1,309.75	Jul 18
2020	1,307.89	1,307.04	Dec 22	1,308.51	Aug 4
2019	1,308.17	1,307.37	Nov 30	1,308.89	Feb 8
2018	1,308.35	1,307.50	Jan 10	1,309.26	Nov 3
2017	1,308.24	1,307.37	Dec 18	1,309.84	Jan 13
2016	1,308.02	1,307.46	Jan 31	1,308.71	Oct 31
2015	1,307.90	1,306.66	Mar 10	1,309.06	Jun 16
2014	1,308.11	1,307.13	Mar 10	1,309.79	May 23
2013	1,308.18	1,307.13	Dec 19	1,309.15	Feb 1
2012	1,307.92	1,307.39	Sep 21	1,309.03	Nov 2
2011	1,308.15	1,306.78	Feb 16	1,309.95	Mar 12
2010	1,307.92	1,306.56	Mar 9	1,308.65	Oct 7
2009	1,308.19	1,307.11	Feb 7	1,309.73	Mar 12
2008	1,308.27	1,307.57	Jan 29	1,309.83	Dec 29
2007	1,308.03	1,306.99	Mar 1	1,309.56	Jan 16
2006	1,308.21	1,307.31	Mar 8	1,309.49	Oct 29
2005	1,308.05	1,307.29	Mar 19	1,309.66	Apr 8
2004	1,308.17	1,306.84	Feb 20	1,309.69	May 25
2003	1,308.23	1,306.99	Feb 22	1,309.12	Mar 27
2002	1,307.96	1,306.86	Jan 23	1,309.62	May 18
2001	1,307.68	1,306.63	Dec 13	1,308.52	Apr 10
2000	1,307.86	1,306.65	Feb 10	1,308.85	May 20
1999 (329 days)	1,307.65	1,306.61	Jan 17	1,308.54	May 26
1998	1,307.77	1,306.22	Dec 15	1,310.40	Jan 10
1997	1,308.08	1,307.31	Nov 21	1,309.13	Mar 15
1996	1,308.15	1,306.81	Jan 16	1,309.09	May 12
1995	1,307.70	1,306.81	Jan 11	1,308.37	May 15
1994	1,307.94	1,306.63	Feb 18	1,310.27	Apr 14
1993	1,307.92	1,306.85	Mar 4	1,309.63	Apr 2
1992	1,307.92	1,306.73	Feb 15	1,308.85	Sep 23
1991	1,307.69	1,306.65	Nov 9	1,309.60	Jan 1
1990	1,308.23	1,307.31	Jan 1	1,309.66	Dec 31
1989	1,307.85	1,307.15	Dec 30	1,309.40	May 12
1988	1,307.76	1,307.01	Jan 17	1,308.65	Oct 20
1987	1,307.73	1,306.35	Feb 28	1,308.56	Apr 8
1986	1,308.13	1,306.99	Jan 17	1,309.97	Jul 21
1985	1,308.07	1,306.93	Feb 13	1,309.56	Nov 17
1984	1,308.01	1,306.69	Feb 2	1,309.71	Jun 19
1983	1,307.98	1,306.66	Mar 6	1,308.79	May 4
1982	1,308.01	1,306.72	Mar 10	1,309.11	Apr 1
1981	1,308.01	1,306.73	Jan 26	1,309.99	Feb 24
1980	1,307.94	1,306.56	Mar 7	1,308.90	Oct 27
1979	1,308.00	1,306.73	Feb 23	1,310.10	Sep 15
1978	1,307.77	1,306.36	Mar 11	1,309.00	Apr 7
1977	1,308.10	1,306.60	Feb 12	1,309.77	Sep 27
1976	1,308.21	1,307.44	Nov 25	1,311.16	Mar 5
1975	1,308.29	1,307.53	Jan 7	1,309.53	Feb 26
1974 (61 days)	1,308.10	1,307.66	Dec 30	1,308.92	Nov 25
1973 (273 days)	1,308.18	1,307.51	Mar 2	1,308.95	Mar 18
1972 (82 days)	1,308.22	1,307.75	Dec 3	1,308.69	Nov 15

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

Monthly averages

Month	Average	Lowest	Highest
January	1,307.82	1,306.61	1,310.40
February	1,307.60	1,306.35	1,310.42
March	1,307.95	1,306.36	1,311.16
April	1,308.29	1,307.37	1,310.27
May	1,308.34	1,307.71	1,309.90
June	1,308.28	1,307.71	1,309.94
July	1,308.16	1,307.54	1,309.97
August	1,308.05	1,307.31	1,309.13
September	1,307.98	1,306.90	1,310.10
October	1,307.97	1,306.78	1,309.49
November	1,307.82	1,306.44	1,309.56
December	1,307.83	1,306.22	1,309.83

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