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Lake Darling Dam water level today

Reservoir in Ward, North Dakota · Souris River

1,596.48ft
486.61 m · NGVD29
Measured · provisional
Above normal for the dateSteady
vs full pool ?
▼ 0.52 ft
24 hours
▼ 0.05 ft
7 days
▼ 0.06 ft
30 days
▼ 0.27 ft
Normal for Oct 21 ?
1,596.02 ft

What this means

Lake Darling Dam is 0.52 ft below its full pool of 1,597.00 ft.

It is lower than on Oct 21 in 2 of the last 10 years.

The lake has fallen 0.06 ft in 7 days and fallen 0.27 ft in 30 days.

Since 2007, the lowest daily level was 1,589.47 ft (Oct 2008) and the highest 1,600.99 ft (Jun 2011).

Lake Darling Dam 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 21, 20251,596.26 ft▼ 0.22 ft
Oct 21, 20241,596.10 ft▼ 0.38 ft
Oct 21, 20231,596.26 ft▼ 0.22 ft
Oct 21, 20221,596.57 ft▲ 0.09 ft
Oct 21, 20211,592.54 ft▼ 3.94 ft
Oct 21, 20201,595.53 ft▼ 0.95 ft
Oct 21, 20191,596.82 ft▲ 0.34 ft
Oct 21, 20181,595.95 ft▼ 0.53 ft
Oct 21, 20171,595.70 ft▼ 0.78 ft
Oct 21, 20161,596.20 ft▼ 0.28 ft

Records & details

Highest
1,600.99 ft on Jun 1, 2011
Lowest
1,589.47 ft on Oct 4, 2008
Records from
2007 (19 years of daily data)
Full pool
1,597.00 ft (top of conservation pool, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Inflow
19.6 cfs (0.56 m³/s)
Outflow
265 cfs (7.51 m³/s)
Water temperature
Not measured here

Full history: yearly highs and lows, monthly averages →

Weather & wind

This Afternoon62°F · Sunny
Wind SE 13 mph
Tonight43°F · Mostly Clear
Wind SE 9 mph
Thursday74°F · Sunny
Wind S 7 to 10 mph
Thursday Night48°F · Partly Cloudy
Wind SE 6 mph
Friday76°F · Mostly Cloudy
Wind SE 5 to 15 mph
Friday Night41°F · Slight Chance Rain Showers
Wind SW 12 to 26 mph

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

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