Lago Portugues water level today
Lake in Ponce Municipio, Puerto Rico
At a glance · Oct 23
Lago Portugues is 5.0 ft lower than normal for Oct 23, lower than on this date in all of the last 5 years.
- This week→ Steady
- Lowest on record↓ 429.88 ft (2022)
Compared with this gauge's own records for the same date. A statistical guide, not advice.
Today compared with past years on Oct 23
Where today's reading sits among this gauge's own records for the same date (±3 days). A statistical guide, not advice.
What this means
It is lower than on Oct 23 in every one of the last 5 years on record.
The lake has fallen 0.10 ft in 7 days and risen 0.94 ft in 30 days.
Since 2021, the lowest daily level was 429.88 ft (Jun 2022) and the highest 464.84 ft (Sep 2022).
Lago Portugues level chart
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Same date in past years
| Date | Level | vs today |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2025 | 440.22 ft | ▲ 5.29 ft |
| Oct 23, 2024 | 439.64 ft | ▲ 4.71 ft |
| Oct 23, 2023 | 437.67 ft | ▲ 2.74 ft |
| Oct 23, 2022 | 443.40 ft | ▲ 8.47 ft |
| Oct 23, 2021 | 437.80 ft | ▲ 2.87 ft |
Records & details
- Highest
- 464.84 ft on Sep 18, 2022
- Lowest
- 429.88 ft on Jun 21, 2022
- Records from
- 2021 (5 years of daily data)
- Water temperature
- Not measured here
Portugues Dam
- Height
- 220 ft
- Completed
- 2015
- Purposes
- Flood Risk Reduction; Recreation
- Owner
- NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEPT.
- Normal storage
- 2,840 acre-ft
- Surface area
- 71 acres
National Inventory of Dams (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). All dam facts →
Boat ramps on Lago Portugues
1 ramps without a name, on the map: 1
1 ramp listed. Links open the ramp's location on OpenStreetMap. Check the managing agency for closures, especially at low water. All Puerto Rico boat ramps →
Weather & wind
Wind ESE 9 to 13 mph
Wind E 8 mph
Wind ESE 8 to 13 mph
Wind E 7 mph
Wind ESE 6 to 12 mph
Wind ESE 9 mph
NOAA National Weather Service forecast for this lake's location, updated 3 h ago.