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Lake Corpus Christi water level today

91.40 ft above sea level (the reading for October 20, 2026). The lake is 80.7% full, 2.60 ft below full pool (94.00 ft). Lake Corpus Christi is falling slowly: down 0.19 ft in the past 7 days and down 0.58 ft over 30 days.

Texas Water Development Board publishes one reading per day for Lake Corpus Christi; today's value appears once the agency posts it, usually the next morning.

Level now91.40 ft
Percent full80.7%
vs full pool (94.0)−2.60 ft
Past 24 hours−0.01 ft
Past 7 days−0.19 ft
Past 30 days−0.58 ft
vs 1 year ago+14.20 ft

Lake Corpus Christi level over the last 12 months

7379849096 Oct 25Dec 25Feb 26Apr 26Jun 26Aug 26Oct 26 full pool 94.0
Daily elevation in feet, last 12 months.

12-month low: 74.73 ft (April 17, 2026). High: 92.95 ft (August 16, 2026). Swing: 18.22 ft.

Daily Lake Corpus Christi levels, last 30 days

DateElevation (ft)Change
Oct 20, 202691.40−0.01 ft
Oct 19, 202691.41−0.03 ft
Oct 18, 202691.44−0.09 ft
Oct 17, 202691.53−0.09 ft
Oct 16, 202691.62+0.06 ft
Oct 15, 202691.56±0.00 ft
Oct 14, 202691.56−0.03 ft
Oct 13, 202691.59−0.03 ft
Oct 12, 202691.62−0.03 ft
Oct 11, 202691.65−0.04 ft
Oct 10, 202691.69−0.05 ft
Oct 9, 202691.74−0.02 ft
Oct 8, 202691.76−0.04 ft
Oct 7, 202691.80−0.04 ft
Oct 6, 202691.84−0.06 ft
Oct 5, 202691.90−0.05 ft
Oct 4, 202691.95−0.01 ft
Oct 3, 202691.96+0.03 ft
Oct 2, 202691.93+0.32 ft
Oct 1, 202691.61+0.05 ft
Sep 30, 202691.56−0.06 ft
Sep 29, 202691.62−0.03 ft
Sep 28, 202691.65−0.04 ft
Sep 27, 202691.69−0.03 ft
Sep 26, 202691.72−0.03 ft
Sep 25, 202691.75−0.04 ft
Sep 24, 202691.79−0.03 ft
Sep 23, 202691.82−0.05 ft
Sep 22, 202691.87−0.06 ft
Sep 21, 202691.93−0.05 ft

Monthly average levels

MonthAverageLowHigh
Nov 202576.6776.4476.87
Dec 202576.6876.5776.79
Jan 202676.3376.1176.54
Feb 202675.9175.6676.09
Mar 202675.2974.9575.61
Apr 202674.8774.7374.96
May 202676.5674.8380.31
Jun 202682.2380.5883.60
Jul 202683.2882.8984.20
Aug 202692.0385.4092.95
Sep 202692.0891.5692.57
Oct 2026 *91.6891.4091.96

* partial month or year.

Lake Corpus Christi year by year

YearLowHighAverage
2026 *74.73 Apr 1792.95 Aug 1781.71
202576.44 Nov 2081.36 Jan 179.10
202481.38 Dec 3086.27 Feb 584.20
2023 *85.98 Dec 3187.07 Oct 1686.53

Lake Corpus Christi on this date in past years

YearLevel on this dateToday vs then
202577.20 ft+14.20 ft
202483.00 ft+8.40 ft
202386.96 ft+4.44 ft

Highest and lowest levels on record

TWDB records for Lake Corpus Christi go back to 1998. The lowest level in that record is 74.73 ft (April 17, 2026) and the highest is 94.80 ft (October 13, 2017). Today the lake is 16.67 ft above its record low. At full conservation pool it holds 256,062 acre-feet and covers about 18,209 acres.

Is Lake Corpus Christi full?

Lake Corpus Christi is 80.7% full by conservation storage, measured against its top of conservation pool at 94.00 ft. It would need to rise 2.60 ft to be full.

Is Lake Corpus Christi rising or falling?

Lake Corpus Christi is falling slowly: down 0.19 ft in the past 7 days and down 0.58 ft over 30 days. In the latest day it moved −0.01 ft.

How does Lake Corpus Christi compare with last year?

Compared with the same date last year, the lake is 14.20 ft higher (13.6% full then, 80.7% now). Two years ago on this date it stood at 83.00 ft.

Data source

Texas Water Development Board (Water Data for Texas), gauge CorpusChristi; readings since Oct 16, 2023. Official source · how we collect it.

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